Oct 13, 2026 City Council

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER, 2026.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING ME UP HERE.

WHEREAS THE CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIOLATES AN INDIVIDUAL'S PRIVACY AND DIGNITY, SECURITY AND HUMANITY DUE TO THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTROL AND OR ABUSE, INCLUDING ABUSE TO CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.

AND WHEREAS THE PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE NOT CONFINED TO ANY GROUP OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE, BUT CUT ACROSS ALL ECONOMIC, RACIAL, AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS AND ARE SUPPORTED BY SOCIETAL AND DIFFERENCES.

AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS WIDE RANGING, DIRECTLY AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THRIVING HEARTS CRISIS CENTER ANSWERED 1,675 CRISIS CALLS AND PROVIDED 7,513 SERVICES TO SURVIVORS FROM SEPTEMBER, 2025 TO AUGUST, 2026.

AND WHEREAS WOMEN ARE NOT ONLY TARGETS MEN, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THE ELDERLY ARE ALSO VICTIMS. AND SADLY, EMOTIONAL SCARS ARE OFTEN PERMANENT.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COST UNITED STATES COMPANIES AT LEAST 3.5 BILLION IN LOST WORK TIMES, INCREASE HEALTHCARE COSTS, HIGHER TURNOVER AND LOWER PRODUCTIVITY.

AND WHEREAS IT IS BATTERED WOMEN'S THEMSELVES WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO BRING PEACE AND EQUALITY TO THE HOME.

NOW, THEREFORE, I RALPH RODRIGUEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHURCHS TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 26TH AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND, AND CALL ALL CITIZENS, COMMUNITY AGENCIES, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND BUSINESSES TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR EFFORTS TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEREBY STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

I'M THE CEO OF THRIVING HEARTS CRISIS CENTER.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THIS MONTH, AS WELL AS ALL THE SUPPORT THAT'S GIVEN FROM

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THE CITY, AS WELL AS P POLICE DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY THAT'S AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS US TO SUPPORT, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A CANDLELIGHT VISUAL THAT WE'LL BE HONORING THOSE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

SO IT'S OCTOBER 28TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT.

IT'LL BE AT THE CITY OF SYLOWS COUNCIL CHAMBER.

SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN TO HONOR THOSE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

SO THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT US.

ON TO EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.

MOVING

[ Employee Introductions Animal Services: Jonica Cardona-Animal Services Officer EMS: Cameron Jackson-Paramedic; Brandon Sweed-Paramedic Library: Lisa Duran-Library Assistant; Michael Munoz-Library Assistant Parks and Recreation: Mark Johanningsmeier-Park Maintenance Technician I; Luis Salas-Parks Maintenance Technician Planning and Community Development: Toby Hamilton-Permit Technician Police Department: Mark McElroy-Police Officer; Brandon Caise-Police Officer; Jacklyn Zalaya-Police Officer Police Dept-Dispatch: Bailee Shanks-Public Safety Communications Officer; Miranda Benavides-PS Communications Officer Public Works-Admin: Kimberly Wilson-Administrative Assistant Public Works-Water: Lorenzo Blanco-Water/Wastewater Operator Trainee; Desmond Garcia Water/Wastewater Operator Trainee Utility Billing: Veronica Flores-Utility Billing Specialist]

FIRST, WE HAVE, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER, MEGAN LAGUNA.

I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL MAYOR, MR. WILLIAMS. UH, MY NAME IS MEGAN LAGUNA.

I'M THE, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER, AND I AM HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES SECTION, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER IKA CARDONA.

IKA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, AND SHE GRADUATED FROM UTSA WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

UH, PRIOR TO BEING WITH SHIRTS, SHE ACTUALLY WAS A CORRECTION OFFICER FOR TWO YEARS FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND, UM, SHE WAS GETTING KIND OF BURNT OUT WITH WORKING 18 HOUR SHIFTS AND WANTED SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTED HER WORK LIFE BALANCE A LITTLE MORE.

UH, WHICH IS IRONIC 'CAUSE I, I'VE GOTTA TRY AND KICK HER OUT OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER AT THE END OF HER SHIFT.

'CAUSE SHE JUST WANTS TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND LEARN, UM, DURING HER FREE TIME.

SHE LOVES TO BE OUTSIDE, GO HIKING, ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, UH, LOVES ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS AND LOVES TO LEARN.

UH, JONATHAN'S BEEN AN AMAZING PART ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.

SHE'S A GO-GETTER.

SHE'S ALWAYS DISPLAYING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND, UM, SHE'S ROCKING THROUGH HER FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM AND SHE JUST IS DOING GREAT.

SHE'S MAKING IT LOOK EASY.

UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER.

I JUST WANNA SAY I'M SO HAPPY TO JOIN.

I'M SO EXCITED TO GET TO KNOW EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL, EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL DON'T WANNA KNOW ME, .

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY.

NEXT UP WE HAVE EMS. WE HAVE INTRODUCTION BY OUR EMS, ASSISTANT CHIEF TYLER BOKER MAYOR COUNCIL.

TEAM SPORTS, TENNIS, GOLF, AND RUNNING.

UH, WE HAVE A FEW OF OUR NEW EMTS HERE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU.

UH, FIRST OFF, WE HAVE COLTON HAGEN.

HE'S A NEW FULL-TIME EMT FOR US.

UH, COLTON STARTED US OCTOBER 5TH OF THIS YEAR.

UH, COLTON WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS WHERE HE CURRENTLY RESIDES.

UM, HE'S EXCITED TO BE GAINING EXPERIENCE AND GROW PROFESSIONALLY HERE WITH SHIRTS, EMS. UH, HE JUST GRADUATED OUR EMT ACADEMY.

IT'S HIS FIRST, UH, JOB HERE FOR SHIRTS, EMS. UM, COLTON ENJOYS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS, HIKING, HUNTING, FISHING, AND RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE WHEN HE IS NOT AT WORK.

SO, WE'RE EXCITED FOR FULTON, UH, COLTON TO BE OUR FULL-TIME EMT, UH, STARTING WITH US.

UH, HE'LL BE ON THE STREET STARTING NEXT MONDAY, WILL BE HIS FIRST FULL-TIME DAY WITH US.

SO, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY HERE AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T SEE ANY OF Y'ALL WHILE I'M ON THE JOB, BUT I'LL SEE Y'ALL AROUND THE DIFFERENT CITY BUILDINGS, BUT THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, PART-TIME EMT, UH, JAY LALEY ZALEY.

UH, SHE STARTED OCTOBER 5TH AS WELL.

UH, GRADUATED FROM THE SHIRTZ EMS ACADEMY, UH, FIRST JOB HERE IN EMS. UH, SHE GREW UP IN A MILITARY FAMILY, LIVED IN KILLEEN, TEXAS, MARYLAND, GERMANY, UH, BUT CALLS, UH, CONVERSE HOME FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

UH, SHE WENT TO WEST POINT, TEXAS STATE, ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, AND JUST GRADUATED FROM THE EMS TRAINING ACADEMY HERE AT SHIRTZ.

OUTSIDE OF WORK, SHE ENJOYS OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES LIKE HIKING, CAMPING, CANOEING, ALONG WITH

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SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER AS A PART-TIME EMT FOR US.

VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF YOU GUYS HERE.

AND AS THE OPENING PRAYER SAID, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS.

UM, AND I REALLY, REALLY AM EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND HELP IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.

AND LIKE COLTON SAID, I HOPE WE DON'T SEE YOU IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BUT I HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND .

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER PART-TIME, EMT, NATHAN EDWARDS.

UH, HE ALSO STARTED WITH US OCTOBER 5TH.

UH, NATHAN'S KIND OF HAVING A CAREER CHANGE, STARTED OUT IN CONSTRUCTION, UH, BUT WENT BACK TO HIS LONGTIME PASSION OF HELPING EACH OTHER, UM, AND, AND HIS FELLOW, UH, CITIZENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, HE GRADUATE, UH, FROM TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, LIVES IN CONVERSE, TEXAS.

UH, HE'S MARRIED AND HAS A PROUD, UH, IS A PROUD FATHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, 10 MONTHS OLD, AND THREE YEARS.

UH, SO NATHAN IS PART-TIME WITH US.

UH, HE'LL BE FINISHING ORIENTATION THIS WEEK AND STARTED HIS FEP ON MONDAY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE NATHAN HERE PART-TIME WITH US.

WE'LL KEEP IT QUICK.

UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE.

HAPPY TO SERVE.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO THE CHURCH FAMILY.

OKAY, NEXT STEP.

WE HAVE OUR LIBRARY.

WE HAVE OUR SENIOR LIBRARIAN, STEPHANIE BARBOSA, WIND.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR TWO, UH, NEWEST EMPLOYEES, OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES.

UM, FIRST WE, WE HAVE LISA DURAN.

SHE STARTED, UH, AS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN AUGUST.

SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO.

GRADUATED FROM TAFT HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE'S A PROUD MILITARY SPOUSE.

UH, HER HUSBAND SERVES IN THE AIR FORCE, AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

SHE LOVES TO READ, BUILD LEGOS, UH, GOING TO THE GYM, SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND INCLUDING SNORKELING.

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT SHE ACTUALLY SNORKELED WITH SHARKS.

YES, YES.

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HER HERE.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE MIKE MUNOZ.

MIKE STARTED JUST A MONTH AFTER LISA IN SEPTEMBER.

SHE, HE WAS ALSO BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO AND IS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR SIBLINGS, UH, AND IS SUPER PROUD TO BE AN UNCLE OF TO FOUR BOYS.

HE HAS A CUTE CAT NAMED MOCHI, AND HIS HOBBIES INCLUDE COOKING AND FISHING.

WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM HERE.

UM, UH, SERVING US AT THE LIBRARY AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE AS WELL.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE HAVE OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, JARED MOTNEY.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

MR. MAYOR.

STEVE, HOW ARE YOU? THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE.

I DON'T GET TO COME HERE VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN I DO, I DO APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE, UH, TWO NEW EMPLOYEES TO INTRODUCE TO YOU.

WE GOT VERY LUCKY AND HIRED THE TWO BEST CANDIDATES IN THE WHOLE REGION.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

AND, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, ONE OF 'EM HAS A HARD NAME TO PRONOUNCE, SO I'M PROBABLY GONNA SCREW IT UP.

JUST GONNA SAY THAT UP FRONT.

SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH A HARD NAME.

HE'S A CERTIFIED ARBORIST AND HAS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN HOLDER CULTURE.

HE LIVES IN SELMA.

UM, HE HAS A WIFE AND A 11-YEAR-OLD SON.

HE HAS A VAST KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS AND HOLDER CULTURAL, SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF PLANTS.

HE ENJOYS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND IS REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I HELLO.

UH, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT I ACTUALLY MET MY WIFE AT THE SHIRTS DOG PARK.

SO .

YEAH, I, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

IN HIS OFF TIME, HE ENJOYS WORKING IN THE YARD.

NEXT WE HAVE LUIS ALIDA.

UM, HE LIVES IN A SMALL SUBURB.

IT'S KIND OF OBSCURE.

IT'S CALLED SAN ANTONIO OF SHIRTS, .

UM, HE'S HERE WITH HIS WIFE NORMA.

HE HAS A SON THAT'S A POLICE OFFICER IN CONVERSE, A, A DAUGHTER WHO'S IN THE AIR FORCE, I BELIEVE IN ITALY.

AND, UM, HE'S WORKED WITH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND HAS ACTUALLY BUILT TWO SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHEN HE WORKED THERE

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GO FIGURE.

UM, QUIET WEEKENDS AND LOVES TO TRAVEL.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL CHANCE TO THE CITY OF CHURCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

NEXT STEP.

WE HAVE OUR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH US.

WE HAVE OUR PLANS, EXAMINER AARON, NOAH RAS.

I AM MAYOR.

COUNSEL STEVE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TOBY HAMILTON.

HE'S OUR NEW PERMIT TECHNICIAN IN THE INSPECTIONS DIVISION.

HE COMES TO SHIRTS WITH EIGHT YEARS OF MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE IN LIVE OAK, WHERE HE WORKED IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

HE HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

HIS FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS ARE THE RED SOX AND WHOEVER IS PLAYING THE COWBOYS .

UM, HE WENT TO COLE HIGH SCHOOL ON FORT SAM HOUSTON.

HE HAS FOUR KIDS.

AND A FUN FACT ABOUT HIM IS HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH SHAQUILLE O'NEAL.

I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO A BRIGHT FUTURE WITH THE CITY, SO IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM ? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH US, WE HAVE, UH, LIEUTENANT DARREN LACO.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

MR. WILLIAMS CITY STAFF.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THREE OF YOUR NEWEST PATROLMEN.

UH, ALL THREE GRADUATED THIS LAST SUMMER IN JULY, UH, FROM THE ILLINOIS AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND THEY WERE ALL CLASSMATES.

BUT FIRST I'M INTRODUCE, UH, MARK MCLEROY.

HE WAS HIRED AS A CADET, UH, JANUARY 12TH WHILE HE WAS IN THE ACADEMY.

HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BOISE, IDAHO.

HE HAD GRADUATED MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL MAVERICKS IN 2011, AND THEN HE ATTENDED BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN HUMAN BIOLOGY.

HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN IDAHO.

UH, THEN HE REALIZED HE WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

UH, HE TOOK AN EXCITING TURN IN 2018 WHEN HE MET HIS, UH, LOVELY WIFE WHO'S IN THE BACK.

UH, AND THEY NOW HAVE, UH, LIVE HERE IN CHURCH SINCE MAY OF 2025.

AND THEY HAVE A 5-YEAR-OLD AND A 1-YEAR-OLD THERE IN THE BACK AS WELL.

HE SAYS HE ENJOYS, UH, BEING OUTSIDE, WORKING OUT, OUT, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS.

HIS FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES ARE SPORTS THEMED.

MARK MCELROY.

I WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO, UH, BE A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.

YOUR NEXT NEW OFFICER IS BRANDON CASE.

HE WAS HIRED AS A CADET IN JANUARY AS WELL, AND, UH, SWORN IN ON JULY 23RD.

HE IS A SAN ANTONIO NATIVE, ATTENDED CENTRAL CATHOLIC, AND THEN ON TO TAFT HIGH SCHOOL BUTTONS AND THE RAIDERS.

UH, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE J-R-O-J-R-O-T-C, CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK TEAMS. WHILE HE WAS IN SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS AND EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY.

HE WAS ALSO A TWO SPORT MEMBER IN COLLEGE, UH, RUNNING CROSS CROSS COUNTRY, AND, UH, MADE THE DEAN'S LIST HIS LAST YEAR.

HE'S THE FIRST IN HIS FAMILY TO START AND FINISH COLLEGE IN FOUR YEARS AND TO BE A TWO SPORT COLLEGE ATHLETE.

HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM GCU GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY, UH, WITH A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND A CONCENTRATION IN LEGAL STUDIES IN 2023 WHILE MAINTAINING A 3.93 GPA, HE, UH, PASSED HIS ACADEMY CLASS THE FIRST TIME EARNED THE, THE COVETED TOP PT, UH, AWARD IN THE ACADEMY, AND PERFECT ATTENDANCE.

HE, UH, IS A VERY AVID FAMILY MAN.

HE LOVES HIS MOM, SISTER, GRANDMOTHER, AND THE MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH, UH, AS WELL.

A FUN FACT ABOUT HIM, HE RUNS FOR FUN.

, BRANDON, BRANDON CASE.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I'M EXCITED TO SERVE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON THE FRONT LINE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

THEIR MUST, THEIR, UH, MUSTANGS ARE THEIR, UH, MASCOT.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OFFICER JACQUELINE ZELAYA.

SHE AS WELL GRADUATED THE ACADEMY JULY 23RD.

SHE GREW UP IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND SHE JOINED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FALCONS.

UH, SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 2009 FROM KINGWOOD, UH, AND

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SHE SERVED AS A SECURITY FORCES MEMBER, UH, BOTH STATESIDE AND OVERSEAS.

SHE ALSO EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY.

GO BEARCATS.

BEFORE JOINING LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHE WORKED WITH A, SHE ALSO WORKED AS A SERGEANT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LATER SERVED AS A CHILD SERVICES PROTECTIVE, UH, INVESTIGATOR.

SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON, HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY, EARN A COLLEGE DEGREE AND PURCHASE A HOME.

SHE TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, UH, AND MILESTONES AND HOPES THAT THEY INSPIRE HER YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBERS TO DREAM BIGGER, WORK HARD, AND PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES THEY MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE IN HER FREE TIME.

SHE LOVES, UH, TRAVELING UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S A FUN FACT.

HE GOES, I TRAVEL.

SO HE TRAVEL, SPENDS ALL HER MONEY ON TRAVELING.

THAT IS HER THING.

ALRIGHT, JACQUELINE ZELAYA.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND, UM, MY WIFE, WHO'S, UH, ALSO RETIRED MILITARY AND, UM, THE SHIRTS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE CITY OF SHIRTS, OF COURSE, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALL WITH YOU.

OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DISPATCH WITH US, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, FELICIA CAMPOS.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

UM, I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MY TWO NEWEST EMPLOYEES.

UH, THE FIRST ONE I'LL INTRODUCE TONIGHT IS BAILEY.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE TEAM.

SHE CAME TO US WITH THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FROM LIVE OAK AS A 9 1 1 DISPATCH.

AND HER PASSION IS ALWAYS TO SERVE OTHERS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BAILEY.

SHE WAS BORN IN ODESSA, TEXAS AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

BAILEY ATTENDED SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE WAS A DIVISION ONE SOCCER PLAYER.

HER EXPERIENCE AS AN ATHLETE TAUGHT HER THE VALUE OF TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, COMMUNICATION, STAYING CALM, UNDER PRESSURE, ALL THESE SKILLS THAT SHE USES NOW IN HER CAREER, IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OUTSIDE OF WORK.

BAILEY IS A PROUD MOM OF A 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

SHE EN SHE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER AND HER FAMILY AND SPENDING MAKING THE MOST OF THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE.

TOGETHER.

SHE'S EXCITED FOR THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKS FORWARD TO BRINGING HER EXPERIENCE, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT, SERVING OTHERS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

MY SECOND EMPLOYEE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO EVERYONE TONIGHT IS MIRANDA BENAVIDEZ.

MIRANDA STARTED HER CAREER AS A 9 1 1 DISPATCHER IN 1999 WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

SHE LEFT BEXAR COUNTY IN 2006, AND GUESS WHERE SHE CONTINUED HER CAREER? THE CITY OF LIVE OAK.

AND SHE RETIRED THERE IN 2025, 2026.

SHE KNEW HER CALLING WASN'T OVER AND SHE DECIDED TO JOIN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ TO CONTINUE HER CAREER AS A 9 1 1 DISPATCHER.

MIRANDA RECEIVED HER MASTER'S, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSE IN 2014.

UH, SHE'S MARRIED TO HER HUSBAND LIFE FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS.

SHE HAS A 23-YEAR-OLD SON WHO WORKS FOR CPS, AN 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ALEXIS, WHO IS IN THE FIFTH GRADE.

SHE LOVES TO TRAVEL.

SHE'S A HUGE DISNEY WORLD FAN, AND SHE LIKES TO CAMP AT GARDNER STATE PARK WHEN SHE CAN.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME OUTTA RETIREMENT.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIRING AGAIN HERE.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAVE WITH US, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

LARRY BUSH.

IS, UH, ALL KINDS, BUT COUNTRY AND EIGHTIES ARE HER FAVORITES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNSEL, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, I BRING TO YOU TONIGHT.

UH, KIMBERLY WILSON.

SHE STARTED WITH US, UH, JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

UH, SHE COMES WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE EXPERIENCE.

UH, SHE CLAIMS TWO HOMETOWNS OF SHIRTS AND BANDERA, AND SHE DID SOME GROWING UP IN BANDERA, RIGHT AT YOUNG AGE, YOU WERE IN SHIRTS.

UH, SOME FAVORITE HOBBIES ARE, UM, HOME DECORATING, JUST ARTS AND CRAFTS, GARDENING, LISTENING TO MUSIC, UH, SINGING AND THEN LEARNING THE KEYBOARD AND PIANO.

UH, WHAT EXCITES YOU MOST ABOUT YOU? NEW ROLE IS JUST BEING PART OF A GREAT TEAM, HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, JUST THE TEAMMATES THEMSELVES.

UH, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC SHE ENJOYS

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, UH, BUT WE'LL LISTEN TO ALMOST ANYTHING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE EXCEPT RAP.

YEAH, , UH, ACTIVITIES AND, UH, PLACES TO DO THOSE AROUND THE AREA IS PLAYING WITH YOUR DOG, JASPER.

MM-HMM .

UH, LISTENING TO MUSIC AS MENTIONED BEFORE AND, UH, SAYS TAKING JASPER TO SOME PARKS AROUND HERE, BUT IN COOLER WEATHER ONLY.

SO NOT QUITE THERE YET.

UM, AND THEN JUST ANY PLACE YOU COULD VISIT IN THE WORLD AND IRELAND.

KIMBERLY WILSON.

HI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

NEXT THAT WE HAVE UTILITY BILLING WITH US, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR UTILITY, UH, BILLING SPECIALIST, TOMMY PEREZ.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MR. WILLIAMS COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.

UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST, UH, UTILITY BILLING SPECIALIST, MS. VERONICA FLORES.

UH, SHE STARTED WITH US OCTOBER 21ST, UH, GETTING HER FEET WET INTO IT, BUT SHE'S COMING ALONG REALLY, REALLY WELL.

UH, SHE IS FROM A MILITARY FAMILY.

PRIV PREVIOUSLY LIVED WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS, UH, FROM 95 TO 2000 AND MOVED BACK IN 2003.

SHE IS A GRADUATE OF, UH, SAMUEL CLEMONS.

GO BUFFS, GO BUFFS.

UH, SHE'S BEEN WITH HER HUSBAND FOR 19 YEARS, HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 12.

THEY HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD SON AND THEY JUST HAVE A NEW FUR BABY NAMED BOOMER.

SHE IS A, UH, BASEBALL MOM, SO HER SON DOES PLAY BASEBALL.

AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, HE'S GONNA BE A UPCOMING PROSPECT.

HE'S BEEN PLAYING FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN WITH MOSTLY ALL OF OUR FREE TIME IS BEING SPENT ON THE BALL FIELDS, WATCHING HIM GROW ON EXCEL WITH THIS SPORT.

UH, ANOTHER FUN FACT, SHE DOES, UH, LOVE COLLECT CROSSES.

UH, MS. FLORES, HELLO.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE SERVICES FOR YOU GUYS.

AND THEN NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WATER.

UH, DID LARRY NO, COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOU FOLKS.

OH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, I THOUGHT WE ALMOST GOT A PASS ON THIS ONE.

UM, TODAY I HAVE TWO OF THE MORE RECENT HIRES IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT.

I'VE GOT LORENZO BLANCO.

LORENZO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM SHIRTS.

HE TOOK THIS POSITION WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY HE GREW UP IN.

UM, HE ENJOYS GAMING, FISHING, ANYTHING OUTDOORS.

HE LIKES ROCK MUSIC.

UH, ONE OF HIS FAVORITE RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA IS P TERRY'S.

HE ENJOYS SPENDING HIS WEEKENDS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GOING TO NEW RESTAURANTS.

ONE THING HE WANTED ALL OF HIS NEW COWORKERS TO KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE'S VERY RELAXED AND KIND OF A GO WITH THE FLOW TYPE OF PERSON.

AND IF HE COULD VISIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IT WOULD BE ALASKA TO GO FISHING.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO HELP OUT MY COMMUNITY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

AND IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU GUYS.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

AND I ALSO HAVE DESMOND GARCIA, WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH CAROLINA, WHO HAS BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO I GUESS FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX YEARS.

UH, FAVORITE HOBBIES ARE BEING OUTDOORS, HIKING, SIGHTSEEING, AND SWIMMING.

HE'S EXCITED MOST ABOUT HIS NEW ROLE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH NEW PEOPLE AND LEARN NEW SKILLS.

HE LIKES ALL MUSIC BUT PREFERS ROCK OUTSIDE OF WORK.

HE LIKES TRAVELING, GAMING, AND WORKING OUT.

HE ENJOYS GOING TO THE LAKE AND VISITING AUSTIN, COOKING OUT ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND HE WANTED ALL OF HIS NEW COWORKERS TO KNOW THAT HE'S VERY DOWN TO EARTH, EAGER TO LEARN.

AND IF HE COULD VISIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IT WOULD BE JAPAN, GREECE, OR ALASKA.

I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY

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IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND, AND A PLEASURE TO WELCOME ALL THESE NEW CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WELCOME, WELCOME ABOARD.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

NEXT UP WE'RE

[ Guadalupe Castillo 20-year Milestone Presentation-(City Manager Steve Williams) Kevin Anderson 30-year Milestone Presentation-(City Manager Steve Williams)]

GONNA DO SOME PRESENTATIONS, UH, WITH US.

WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, STEVE WILLIAMS, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M GONNA TURN AROUND THIS WAY.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, I DO 10 YEAR AWARDS FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND WE DO, WE ACKNOWLEDGE ONE YEAR, FIVE YEAR, 10 YEAR, 15 YEAR, FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS ABOVE THAT.

SO ONCE YOU REACH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, YOU COME IN TO A COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED AND WE GET TO RAZZ YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ALSO GET TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU PUBLICLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU SERVE THE CITY FOR THAT LONG, IT SHOWS A REAL DEMONSTRATION OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO WHAT YOU DO, AS WELL AS TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR TEAMMATES AND, AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.

SO WE HAVE TWO TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A 20 YEAR AND A 30 YEAR.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE GUADALUPE CASTILLO COME ON UP, BUD, SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO, SO I LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN BEFORE WE GET STARTED AND GO OVER A FEW THINGS.

TALK ABOUT, WELL, WHAT WAS GOING ON 20 YEARS AGO ON AUGUST OF 26TH? WELL, THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE WAS TALLADEGA KNIGHTS BALLED OF RICKY BOBBY , IS THAT FAVORITE MOVIE? YEAH.

SO ALSO THE NUMBER ONE SONG WAS PROMISCUOUS BY NELLY FOR, UH, ANO.

AND UH, WAS THAT YOUR JAM BACK IN THE DAY? ? NO, IT WAS, THAT WASN'T NO NELLY, WASN'T IT? COST OF A GALLON OF GAS WAS $3 AND 3 CENTS.

SO JUST FOR INFLATION, THAT'S LIKE $37 A GALLON.

AND THE BESTSELLING VEHICLE IN AMERICA WAS THE FORD F SERIES.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CITY OF SHIRTZ HIRED GUADALUPE CASTILLO THE THIRD THAT I LEFT OFF.

THE THIRD RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO GUADALUPE STARTED WITH THE CITY IN AUGUST OF 20 2006.

LIKE I MENTIONED IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT, HE DOES REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE TO THE ROADS AND PAINTS, STREET MARKINGS AND HELPS WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL WHEN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT'S NEED ASSISTANCE.

HE'S BORN AND RAISED IN SINE TEXAS, GRADUATED FROM SINE HIGH SCHOOL.

GO MATADORS.

ALRIGHT, HE HAS ONE DAUGHTER, SHELBY, A SON-IN-LAW, KEVIN AND FOUR GRANDKIDS.

LILY, CADEN, ZEN AND COLBY.

I SAY THAT RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, SO KEVIN ANDERSON.

HE ALSO HAS A BROTHER, MIKE AND SISTER-IN-LAW SELENA, TWO NEPHEWS, JADEN AND JASPER AND ONE NIECE, ELEANOR.

HE LIKES TO COLLECT RECORDS, TAPES AND CONCERT T-SHIRTS AND LOVES GOING TO CONCERTS AND HANGING OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN HE CAN.

SO WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CONCERT T-SHIRT THAT YOU HAVE? MOTORHEAD.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON 20 YEARS SIR.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, , UH, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANKS TO ROBERT AND D FOR.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR.

MAYOR, DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA COME DOWN AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE? ALRIGHT, HERE YOU STAND.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN ANDERSON.

COME ON DOWN, KEVIN, WITH 30 YEARS FANCY LOOKING PEN.

I LIKE THAT.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS SAYS HERE.

30 YEARS AGO IN AUGUST OF 1996, WHEN IT WAS A MERE YOUNG MAN, GEORGE RR MARTIN PUBLISHED THE BOOK GAME OF THRONES.

AND THEN ALSO THE MACARENA

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THAT, THAT'S THE BAYSIDE BOYS MIX VERSION WAS NUMBER ONE SONG.

IS THAT YOUR THING? THE DANCE AND EVERYTHING? NO, NO.

COST OF A GALLON OF GAS WAS A DOLLAR AND 30 CENTS .

AND THEN THE BESTSELLING VEHICLE IN AMERICA WAS SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE FORD F-150 OR THE F SERIES.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, CITY OF SHIRTS HIRED KEVIN ANDERSON.

LOVE THE, SO KEVIN STARTED ON AUGUST 20TH, 1996 IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND THEN WORKED THERE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THEN MOVED INTO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO HELP THE FOREMAN AT THE TIME.

AND HE STAYED IN PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS UNTIL IT SEPARATED FROM PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THEN HE WAS OFFERED A, A POSITION AS THE DRAINAGE FOREMAN AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.

BORN IN SAN ANTONIO, GREW UP IN THE SHIRTS AREA, GRADUATED FROM SAMUEL CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL, UFF LEADER, PLAYED FOOTBALL AT CLEMONS, AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE IN THE PICTURE.

PLAYED THE FOOTBALL CLEANS AND THEN WORKED THE COWS ON THE FAMILY FARM IN SHIRTS.

HE'S BEEN MARRIED 21 YEARS TO HIS LOVELY WIFE, AMBER.

AND THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 32 YEARS.

WE HAVE A DAUGHTER, MADISON, WHO IS 14 AND A FRESHMAN AT CLEMONS AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING THE FARM, UH, WORKING THE COWS ON THE FARM AND SHIRTS.

KEVIN LIKES TO GO TO THE COAST FOR THE SUMMER IN HIS CAMPER AND FISH AS AS OFTEN AS HE CAN AND HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS WHEN HE IS NOT FISHING.

HE'S SITTING IN THE DEER STAND HUNTING.

HE DOES EUROPEAN MOUNTS FOR A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO JUST A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR THE BUSINESS IF YOU, IF YOU NEED A AMOUNT DONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 YEARS SIR.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE, BUT IT'S BEEN FUN, .

IT'S BEEN HARD AND UH, I APPRECIATE BEING HERE FOR 30 YEARS.

RETIREMENT'S GONNA BE NICE ONE OF THESE DAYS PRETTY SOON I HOPE, .

BUT, UH, THANK YOU.

DON'T, LEMME FORGET TO GIVE YOU THIS LEAD.

APPRECIATE YOU.

UH, WE HAVE IS, UH, THE CHURCH AREA SENIOR CENTER ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SURVEY.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OKAY, UH, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION,

[ Presentation of the Schertz Area Senior Center Annual Membership Survey (Recreation Manager Cassandra Paddock)]

WITH US WE HAVE OUR RECREATION MANAGER, CASSANDRA PADDOCK.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR RESULTS FROM OUR SENIOR CENTER ANNUAL SURVEY, UM, THAT WE CONDUCTED IN JULY.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SURVEY OVERVIEW.

THE SURVEY IS COMPOSED OF 12 QUESTIONS, 10 OF THOSE ARE, ARE KIND OF A RANKING RATE QUESTION.

AND THEN WE HAD TWO OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS AT THE END.

WE DID BOTH IN, UM, IN PERSON AND ONLINE SURVEYS.

SO CONTRARY TO WHAT MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE, MOST OF THE SENIORS FILLED IT OUT ONLINE VIA THE EMAIL LINK.

UM, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE 45 FILL IT OUT IN PERSON AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, WE RAN THE SURVEY FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN JULY AND WE HAD 173 RESPONSES.

UM, THAT'S ABOUT 21.36 OF OUR TOTAL MEMBERSHIP.

UM, BUT ABOUT ALMOST 40% OF OUR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP.

'CAUSE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE 810 MEMBERS, WE HAVE 434 THAT ARE REGULARLY COMING INTO THE BUILDING, UM, EACH MONTH.

SO GETTING INTO THE SURVEY, UM, WE HAVE, OUR FIRST QUESTION IS THE SENIOR CENTER STAFF ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL.

SO THEY RANKED THIS BETWEEN STRONGLY AGREE AND STRONGLY DISAGREE AND UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT MOST PEOPLE AGREE AND STRONGLY AGREE.

UM, NOBODY DISAGREED WITH THE STATEMENT, SO THAT'S AWESOME.

AND IT WAS ABOUT A 4.7% INCREASE FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID THE SURVEY IN 2024.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS.

SO THE VOLUNTEERS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL.

UM, AND ONCE AGAIN WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE, UM, FROM 2024 TO 2026 ABOUT A 2.6 INCREASE.

SO WE LOVE TO SEE THAT THAT'S, UM, GOING UP EVERY YEAR AND WE DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP EDUCATE AND LIKE EQUIP OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THE MEMBERSHIP.

QUESTION THREE IS, I FEEL WELCOME AT THE SENIOR SHIRTZ

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AREA SENIOR CENTER.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS INCREASED ABOUT A 3.6% INCREASE SINCE 2024.

AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE THAT WE REALLY WANNA GET WHERE EVERYBODY IS AGREEING WITH THAT STATEMENT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT AT OUR UH, BOARD RETREAT THAT WE DID AND THEY'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AND HAVE BROUGHT BACK KIND OF A WELCOME COMMITTEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA START TO REALLY TRY TO HONE IN ON THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID DISAGREE OR STRONGLY DISAGREE.

'CAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL WELCOME WHEN THEY COME INTO THE SENIOR CENTER.

QUESTION FOUR IS, I HAVE MET OR MADE FRIENDS THROUGH THE SENIOR CENTER AND ONCE AGAIN, MOST ALMOST EVERYBODY AGREES AND STRONGLY AGREES.

UM, THIS WAS A 3.7% INCREASE FROM 2024.

SO EVERYTHING'S KIND OF TRENDING UPWARD HERE.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S MEETING FRIENDS AND THINGS AND I THINK THE WELCOME COMMITTEE AND OUR BOARD WILL REALLY BE HELPING OUT WITH THAT THIS NEXT YEAR.

QUESTION FIVE IS MEMBER COMPLAINTS AND OR CONFLICTS ARE RESOLVED IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER BY THE SENIOR CENTER STAFF.

UM, THIS IS OUR BIGGEST INCREASE, UM, SINCE 2024.

IT WAS 11% INCREASE.

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE, UM, HAPPY WITH OUR STAFF AND KIND OF HOW THINGS ARE GETTING RESOLVED.

I WOULD SAY THE MOST PEOPLE PUT NA SO MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICTS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED.

UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE CONFLICTS SEEM TO AGREE THAT STAFF ARE, UM, SOLVING THEM SATISFACTORY.

QUESTION SIX IS THE SENIOR CENTER FACILITIES ARE CLEAN AND WELL KEPT.

THIS IS ANOTHER INCREASE, ANOTHER BIG INCREASE AS WELL.

A 7.1% INCREASE SINCE 2024.

UM, OUR EVENT ATTENDANCE ARE OVER THERE CLEANING TWICE A DAY.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL.

UM, AND THEY'VE REALLY MADE SURE THAT THE PLACE STAYS CLEAN.

NOW WE GET INTO OUR KIND OF RANKINGS OF ONE THROUGH 10.

SO QUESTION SEVEN IS, OVERALL HOW WOULD YOU GRADE THE GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, WITH ONE BEING UNSATISFACTORY AND 10 BEING EXCELLENT? THIS IS OUR ONLY DIP.

IT IS JUST A SLIGHT DIP, A 1.8% DECREASE FROM 2024, WHICH WE KIND OF EXPECTED.

WE KNOW THAT THE Y DOES FITNESS VERY WELL, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THE, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF FITNESS CLASSES, OBVIOUSLY THEY, PEOPLE ARE LIKING THEM AND WE'VE SUPPLEMENTED WITH A LOT OF REC PROGRAMS AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY OUR NEXT ONE OF HOW WOULD YOU RATE OUR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10.

UM, SAW AN INCREASE HERE AS WELL, A 1.6% INCREASE.

WE'VE OFFERED A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS, UM, THIS PAST YEAR, LIKE WRITING CLASS A, SL BOOK CLUB, ALL SORTS OF STUFF SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

QUESTION NINE IS OVERALL HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE FREE LUNCH PROGRAM ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10? UM, AND SO THIS IS, WE FINALLY GOT INTO THE EIGHTS HERE, WHICH IS AWESOME.

UM, THAT'S A 3.8% INCREASE SINCE 2024.

UM, AND I THINK THAT MOSTLY SENIORS ARE REALLY JUST WELCOME, ARE REALLY JUST HAPPY TO HAVE A HOT MEAL.

UM, AND CELL RICO IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT WHEN WE TELL THEM, HEY, THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THAT MEAL, SWAPPING IT OUT AND TAKING IT OFF THE MENU FOR THE FUTURE.

SO I THINK THAT THAT FEEDBACK HAS, UM, SHOWN WITH THE INCREASE EACH YEAR.

AND THEN QUESTION 10 WAS OVERALL HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO REFER THE SHIRTS AREA SENIOR CENTER TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY? UM, AND THIS IS OUR HIGHEST SCORE HERE, A 9.14.

SO ALMOST EVERYBODY IS, UM, PRETTY LIKELY TO BE RECOMMENDING THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.

WE WANT THEM TO TELL THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, UM, ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER SO THAT THEY CAN COME EXPERIENCE IT AS WELL.

SO OUR QUESTION 11 AND QUESTION 12 IS JUST KIND OF ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

SO QUESTION 11 IS, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE YOUR EXPERIENCE WHEN VISITING THE SCHWARTZ AREA SENIOR CENTER? WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS THERE.

UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW WELCOMING THE STAFF WERE, HOW THEY'RE HELPFUL AND HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE THEM.

UM, HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE INCREASED ACTIVITIES AND FIELD TRIPS THAT THEY'RE GOING ON.

THEY JUST WENT BACK TO SEA WORLD LAST WEEK, UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH CLEANER AND MORE WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE THAT THE SENIOR CENTER HAS BEEN THIS PAST YEAR.

UM, THAT THE FITNESS CLASSES ARE HIGHLY VALUED.

UM, THEY LIKE THE NEW INSTRUCTORS, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALIZE AND MEET OTHERS.

SO THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE KIND OF PROGRAMMING AND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.

AND THEN JUST OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH RECENT IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, OUR ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT KIND OF SECTION OF THIS QUESTION WAS MORE SEATING, ESPECIALLY CHAIRS WITH ARMS FOR MEMBERS, UM, WITH MOBILITY CONCERN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE BUDGET TO GET NEW CHAIRS.

AND THOSE WILL BE WITH ARMS AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT COME THIS FALL.

AND THEN ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON CLASSES, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE STUFF GOES ON IN THE MORNING AND THEN JUST CLICKS, WHICH KIND OF GOES BACK TO THAT FEELING WELCOME AT THE CENTER.

UM, AND IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, SAM AND AMY IS ALONG WITH OUR SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD IS KIND OF WORKING ON THAT WELCOMING COMMITTEE AND THINGS TO REALLY TRY TO DISSOLVE SOME OF THOSE CLICKS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS WELCOME WHEN THEY COME IN.

AND THEN JUST TWO OF THE KIND OF QUOTES THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THIS QUESTION.

UM, ONE SAID THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCHERTZ AREA SENIOR CENTER SINCE THE CITY TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE ACTIVITIES AND IT

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HAS BECOME A WELCOMING AND MUCH CLEANER FACILITY.

THE ACTIVITIES HAVE PROVIDED MORE INTERACTION AMONG MEMBERS AND NEXT TO FAMILY, YOU'RE IT.

SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF SENIORS DEAL WITH ISOLATION, UM, AND THINGS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, FEELING WELCOME AND JUST HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND VISIT WITH PEOPLE AND GET THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION.

UH, SO NEXT I JUST WANNA SAY WE DO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING THIS, UM, UPCOMING FRIDAY THE 16TH AT 10:00 AM WHERE WE'LL CELEBRATE KIND OF OUR HONOR WALL COMPLETION, WHICH IS THE ART INSTALLATION IN THE GARDEN, ALL OF THE FACILITY UPGRADES THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR, AND THEN AS WELL AS OUR FRUIT TREE EDITION, UM, IN THE GARDEN.

SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS ALL OUT.

UM, THAT'LL BE 10:00 AM AT THE SENIOR CENTER THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE PICTURES FROM, UM, THIS PAST YEAR AND KIND OF WHY WE DO IT.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS LAST YEAR.

SAM AND AMY HAVE BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND OUR PARK CREW HAS PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK, UM, AT THAT FACILITY THIS PAST YEAR.

AND I THINK THE SURVEY RESULTS REALLY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE AS A DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF ACCOMPLISHING AS A TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING QUALITY EXPERIENCES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

I GOT A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD, MITCH.

JUST TO, JUST TO CONFIRM, 10 O'CLOCK, CORRECT? 10 O'CLOCK, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DIETZ, I WAS THERE RECENTLY FOR THE BOARD MEETING AND I WAS SO INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THERE AND JUST TO SEE THE SMILE ON THE FACES, AND I JUST, I CAME HOME AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND ALL ABOUT IT.

I SHOWED HIM THE CALENDAR, LIKE, UH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN, FIRST OF ALL, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND, UH, THANK YOU.

I KNOW I WAS THERE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM, FROM THE Y TO THE PARKS AND RECS, SO I COMMEND YOU, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THE JOB WELL DONE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING OUT THERE.

AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN THERE TOO QUITE OFTEN AND I KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH THE LADIES AND THE MEN THAT'S OUT THERE, THEY'RE ENJOYING IT.

SO AGAIN, UM, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.

UH, GREAT JOB.

KEEP IT UP.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR DISCUSSION, IT'S WORLD'S DIFFERENCE.

GREAT JOB.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING CITY EVENTS.

JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT WITH OUR SENIORS AND THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO STRIVE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

NEXT UP WE HAVE CITY

[ City Events and Announcements Announcements of upcoming City Events (B.James/S.Gonzalez) Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S.Williams) Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R.Rodriguez)]

WE HAVE, UH, SARAH GONZALEZ.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT, SO AS, UH, CASSIE MENTIONED THE FRIDAYS THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE SENIOR CENTER, 10:00 AM THAT EVENING.

IT'S ALSO GONNA BE MUSIC AND MOVIES IN THE PARK.

THE MOVIE THAT WILL BE FEATURED IS GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE, AND THAT'LL BE AT 7:00 PM AT RYAN VALLEY PARK SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, LIBRARY PROGRAMS TO ANNOUNCE, UM, WILL BE KRAFT LAB THAT'S FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND IT'S IN THE PROGRAM ROOM.

AND THEN ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, THEY'LL BE HAVING A GUIDED MEDITATION PRACTICE FROM ONE TO 2:00 PM AND THE PROGRAM ROOM.

AND, UH, THE NOTE ON HERE SAYS TO PRE-REGISTER BY CALLING THE LIBRARY, OR YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE@SCHWARTZLIBRARY.ORG.

UH, SCHWARTZ POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SCHEDULING TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS AND DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.

THE DISCUSSION AND QUESTION AND ANSWERS AFTER THAT FIRST, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH FROM NINE 30 TO 11 AT FIRE STATION THREE.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE'S GONNA BE MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM IN THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND THEN, UM, ELECTION INFORMATION FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH.

AND, UH, INFORMATION, UM, REGARDING THAT AND MORE INFORMATION WHERE TO VOTE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.

AND LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, ONE WEEK FROM TODAY AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITION BY OUR CITY MANAGER STEVE WILLIAMS. WELL, FIRST I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER ANNA CRAFT FOR GRADUATING FROM THE FEMA EXECUTIVE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER PROGRAM.

SO THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS HER DEDICATION TO LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE, AND THANK YOU OFFICER KRAFT FOR, FOR DOING SUCH A, A FANTASTIC JOB.

EXCUSE ME.

ALSO THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PLANNING, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THE RICHARD R. LITTLE PLANNING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM AWARD FOR 2026,

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AND THIS IS THE 13TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF DOING THAT.

SO, GREAT JOB GUYS AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

UM, YEAH, I CAN.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

ON TO HEARING OF RESIDENTS.

AND, UH, THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAD, WELL, TWO ONE IS, UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, DUNKING FOR PUMPKINS, UH, OUT AT THE YMCA AND THAT WAS A HUGE TURNOUT OUT THERE.

REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THE KIDS, UH, HAVE A LOT OF FUN OUT THERE AND THEN GET TO COLOR THE PUMPKINS AS WELL.

UH, ALSO HAD A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS JOIN, JOIN ME OUT THERE AS WELL.

WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER DIETZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO OUT THERE, UH, WITH US.

AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO ALMOST JUMPED IN AFTER A, A PUMPKIN THAT HE WANTED .

SO, BUT, UH, BUT NO, WE HAD A GREAT TIME OUT THERE.

IT WAS GREAT SEEING THOSE KIDS HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

AND THEN THEY HAD A HUGE TURNOUT FOR THEIR TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT AS WELL.

SO, UH, THANK, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED.

I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO PARTICIPATED IN THE TRUNK OR TREAT OUT THERE.

HE WAS DRESSED UP, UH, , I BELIEVE IT WAS A SCARE CROW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT, UH, HE'S, HE HAD A GREAT TIME OUT THERE.

SO, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD NASHVILLE NIGHT OUT.

NASHVILLE NIGHT OUT WAS A HUGE TURNOUT.

UH, WE HAD 33 EVENTS, UM, THAT WE KIND OF, UH, DIVIDED AND CONQUERED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL THE EVENTS THAT WERE BEING HELD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE EVENTS.

SO, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS COME OUT TO GET TO MEET, KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND ALSO GET TO MEET, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY STAFF.

SO, UM, IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT, SO THANKS FOR THAT.

NEXT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING

[ Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. All handouts and/or USB devices must be submitted to the City Secretary no later than noon on the Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will be provided to each Councilmember prior to the start of the meeting by the City Secretary. All USB devices will be vetted by City IT staff to ensure City property is protected from malware. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.]

THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY PERSONS WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

EACH PERSON SHOULD FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S REGISTERED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.

ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER THEREOF.

ALL HANDOUTS UNDER USB DEVICES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY NO LATER THAN NOON ON THE MONDAY PROCEEDING.

THE MEETING HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING BY THE CITY SECRETARY.

ALL USB DEVICES WILL BE VETTED BY THE CITY IT STAFF TO ENSURE CITY PROPERTY IS PROTECTED FROM MALWARE.

FIRST UP, WE HAVE KATE SULLIVAN.

WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS KATE SULLIVAN.

I LIVE AT 1222 BORG FELD ROAD.

UM, IN ORDER TO BE BRIEF, I WILL READ MY STATEMENT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, A BAR WAS PERMITTED TO OPEN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM MY HOME ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.

THE BAR HAS A LIVE BAND OR KARAOKE GREAT IN AN INDOOR OUTDOOR VENUE.

I CANNOT HEAR MY TELEVISION AT NORMAL VOLUME ON THOSE NIGHTS.

AND THE BASE IS SO STRONG, IT RATTLES THE THINGS ON MY WALLS.

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

THIS IS A 55 PLUS YEAR OLD COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.

WE EVEN HAD ONE RED PERSON GO OVER AND RAISE CANE AND THAT WAS NOT RIGHT.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE OWNER TO CLOSE DOWN.

WE'RE NOT ASKING HIM TO CANCEL HIS ENTERTAINMENT OR TO DO ANYTHING THAT WILL CAUSE HIM TO HAVE A LOSS OF REVENUE IN SUCH A TOUGH ECONOMIC TIME.

WE ARE ASKING THAT THE VOLUME STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

UNDERSTANDING SHIRTS ALREADY TREATS THIS KIND OF AMPLIFIED MUSIC AS A NOISE NUISANCE, AND IT DISTURBS THE QUIET OF RESIDENCES, PARTICULARLY AFTER 10:00 PM WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE QUIET OF OUR HOMES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS WELL.

UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND HAPPEN IS FOR THE CITY TO SEND OUT CODE ENFORCEMENT OR CITY EMPLOYEES TO MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF THE, OF THE LOUDNESS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

MAYBE WE'RE WRONG.

MAYBE HE NEEDS TO CALM IT DOWN.

AND IF SO, FACILITATE THAT WITH THE OWNER.

WE WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CAN RUN HIS BUSINESS, AND WE WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAN PEACEABLY RESIDE IN THEIR HOMES ON THOSE EVENINGS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I AM ALSO A RESIDENT AT 1222 FELD ROAD, MERRIT LAKESIDE SENIOR COMMUNITY.

NEXT WE HAVE CHERYL GRAY.

HI, I'M CHERYL GRAY.

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I'VE BEEN THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND AS YOU KNOW OR CAN TELL, I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

I LIVE IN MY APARTMENT WITH, USUALLY THE WINDOWS ARE CLOSED AND I HAVE MY AIR CONDITIONING RUNNING.

I LIVE OPPOSITE TO KATE, UH, ACROSS THE PROPERTY.

AND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, UM, THE E THE QUIET OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEFINITELY DISTURBED.

UM, I AM NO LONGER A SPRING CHICKEN, BUT I STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF FEATHERS AND I LOVE LISTENING TO MUSIC IN THE PROPER VENUE AND AT THE PROPER TIME SETTING, ET CETERA.

UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OLD AND THEY ARE DECLINING IN HEALTH, AND THIS MAY BE THEIR LAST ENVIRONMENT.

UM, WE CONSIDER IT HOME AND WE LOVE IT AND WE LOVE SHIRTS.

UH, GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.

YOU DO A GOOD JOB AND A HARD JOB.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT MY DIGNITY, I'M A RETIRED RN CASE MANAGER, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

UM, MY DIGNITY IS NOT BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR MY LAST WHATEVER TIME I HAVE.

AND WHILE I DON'T WATCH TV, I LISTEN TO THINGS ON MY IPAD AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I CAN FEEL IN MY BONES, THE BASS THROUGH THE WALLS, AND I'M NOT EVEN AS CLOSE AS KATE IS.

ALSO, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE MUSIC IS SO LOUD THAT I CAN SING ALONG.

WE CALL THE POLICE, WE ASK THEM NICELY, PLEASE, CAN YOU GO OVER AND ASK THEM TO TURN IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT? AND THE POLICE ARE FABULOUS.

I CAN ALMOST SEE THEM, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T SEE, I CAN ALMOST SEE THEM ROLLING THEIR EYES LIKE, PLEASE DON'T CALL US ANYMORE.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

AND THEY'RE RIGHT.

UM, EXCEPT THEY'RE SO WILLING TO GO OVER AND HELP US.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL.

I, WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN FIVE YEARS AGO, I WROTE A LETTER WHEN THIS STARTED BEING A NUISANCE, UH, EMAIL LETTER TO THE OWNER THAT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

AND I EXPRESSED OUR DESIRE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO EACH OTHER, TO REACH OUT AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES, I LOVE MUSIC, I LOVE THOSE VENUES.

BUT THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND ADVOCATING FOR US, UM, WE'VE TRIED TO REACH HIM, THE OWNER, AND WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL.

WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT IRATE.

WE ARE CALM.

WE ARE, UM, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RESPECT OUR AGES, DESERVE.

AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING AND HEARING US WITH COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST US.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY'RE TOO ILL TO COME.

ONE IS IN THE HOSPITAL, ACTUALLY, PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE, BUT WE NEED YOU.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

AND BY THE WAY, I AM A RED SKIN FAN, JUST SAYING THANK YOU.

, CAN I STAY? NO.

THAT IS WHAT PAYS THE BILLS, THE, THE DAY-TO-DAY EXPENSES.

NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, TINA JACKSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GUTIERREZ AND COUNCIL, WILL IT SHOW? OKAY, THERE WE GO.

UM, DEANNA JACKSON, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR SHORT SILLA, OUR ADDRESS 10 60 ELBEL ROAD.

UH, GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT TONIGHT AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LOCAL OPERATIONS FUNDING ELECTION THAT'LL BE COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START AND JUST SHARE, UH, OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, IN MAY, YOU KNOW, THE VOTERS IN OUR AREA, UH, UNANIMOUSLY, UH, APPROVED ALL OF THESE, UH, MEASURES FOR, UH, SUPPORTING FACILITY IMPROVEMENT STADIUM FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY DEVICES.

AND WE ARE TRACKING THAT PROPS TO PROGRESS AS OUR WEBSITE.

UM, AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP UP WITH, UH, ALL THAT IS GOING ON AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE, THE WORK OF THE BOND.

ONE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT BOND, UH, FUNDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN, UH, EVADER.

A BOND IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT JUST LIKE IN OUR HOME, WE, UH, TAKE OUT A LOAN FOR, UH, LARGE SCALE RENOVATIONS, HVAC SYSTEMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

EVADER IS MORE LIKE OUR HOUSELY, UH, OUR HOUSE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

AND

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SO THAT IS OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 80% OF OUR, OUR OUR OPERATING BUDGET, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THEN JUST ALSO THOSE FUEL AND UTILITIES.

AND BY LAW, BOND FUNDS CANNOT BE USED FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

AND SO HAVING HAD THAT SUCCESSFUL BOND, UM, IN MAY, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE KIND OF CONFUSED ON HOW ARE YOU COMING BACK AND ASKING AND DOING ANOTHER ELECTION.

SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT CLARITY.

SO STARTING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 3RD, REGISTER, VOTERS IN OUR BOUNDARIES ARE GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER VOTE FOR OR AGAINST A 12 CENT INCREASE TO THE OPERATIONS TAX RATE.

UM, IT IS A 12 CENT INCREASE AND FOR THE AVERAGE, UH, HOMEOWNER IN THE SEUC BOUNDARIES, THAT'S ABOUT $18 A MONTH OR $212, UM, A YEAR.

BUT IT EQUATES TO $15 MILLION OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL FUNDS GENERATED YEAR OVER YEAR FOR, UM, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AT THIS TIME, WE, UM, OUR BOARD HAD, UH, WE HAVE, ARE FACING A DEFICIT OF $8 MILLION.

UM, AND SO THIS, UH, FUNDING WOULD ALLOW US TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND THEN FOCUS ON, UH, TWO, UH, CRITICAL AREAS FOR US.

THE OTHER THING THAT I ALSO WANNA NOTE IS FOR INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ESTIMATE THEIR PERSONAL TAX IMPACT AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY, UH, EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

THE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE USED, UH, FOR TWO PRIMARY AREAS.

WE'RE A A SERVICE INDUSTRY.

OUR CORE COMPETENCY IS PROVIDING, UH, STUDENT PROGRAMS. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE STUDENT PROGRAMS, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN FINE ARTS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, ATHLETICS, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, UM, OUR ADVANCED ACADEMIC COURSES, AND JUST STUDENT SUPPORT IN GENERAL.

UM, AND TO FUND COMPETITIVE PAY AND BENEFITS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND TO MAINTAIN STAFFING LE LEVELS, EXCUSE ME, THAT SUPPORT MANAGEABLE CLASS SIZES.

UM, WE COMPETE WITH MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU ANOTHER TWO MINUTES.

I .

SO WE COMPETE FOR, UM, DISTRICTS IN THE, IN THE OTHER AREAS.

AND SO THEREFORE THOSE ARE THE, THE TWO AREAS THAT WE ARE, UM, TRYING TO TO COVER WITH THIS FADER.

LIKE I SAID, EARLY VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 19TH, ELECTION DAY AND THE AREA.

I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF FACT-BASED INFORMATION THERE.

THEY CAN ALWAYS EMAIL US@VADERATUCSD.ORG WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THEY'RE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY'RE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS.

OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE KIMBERLY MEYERS.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M KIMBERLY MYERS.

I WORK, I LIVE AT 7 43 EAGLES GLEN.

AND TONIGHT I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT APRS.

SURVEILLANCE WITHOUT CONSENT IS NOT SAFETY, IT'S CONTROL.

HOW DID A COUNTRY FOUNDED ON PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY? PERSONAL FREEDOM AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY? GET TO A POINT WHERE OUR VEHICLE, LOCATIONS AND MOVEMENTS ARE TRACKED BY ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WHEN VIRTUALLY NONE OF US ARE SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING A CRIME.

THE BENEFIT OF MASTER SURVEILLANCE IS NOT ABOUT CATCHING A FEW LAW BREAKERS.

IT IS PUTTING CITIZENS IN FEAR OF STEPPING OUT OF LINE OF THE GOVERNMENT INTEREST.

THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULDN'T MATTER.

IF YOU'RE NOT BREAKING THE LAW, THEN WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? OUR COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON CIVIL LIBERTY AND NOT ON SURVEILLANCE.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE.

UM, IN 1755, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WROTE THOSE WHO WOULD GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO PURCHASE A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER LIBERTY OR SAFETY.

SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY RECENTLY HELD CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ABOUT ALPS.

NONE OF THE CEOS SHOWED UP, BUT FLOCKS, CEO GARRETT LANGLEY DID SEND A LETTER.

AND IN THAT LETTER HE DID STATE THAT SYSTEMS DUE TRACK PEOPLE, THEY TRACK PEOPLE.

IT'S A DIGITAL PICTURE.

AND, UM, FLOCK ALSO HAS A PEN PENDING FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION, WHICH SCARES THE HECK OUT OF ME.

UM, HE ALSO, UM, HIS ADDRESS ALSO IS BLURRED OUT ON GOOGLE MAPS.

SO HOW DOES HE DESERVES THAT PRIVILEGE? HE STATES THAT HE VALUES HIS FAMILY'S PRIVACY, YET HE HAS A SYSTEM THAT INVADES OUR PRIVACY AND IT'S BEING ALLOWED.

UM, YOU'RE VOTED TO PROTECT US AND SUPPORT OUR CONSTITUTION IN TODAY'S WORLD, THAT IS NOT ONLY MEANS ARE CIVIL LIBERTIES, INAL INALIENABLE RIGHTS TO GO TO HEB AND NOT BE PHOTOGRAPHED.

UM, THAT DATA SHOULD BE PROTECTED.

AND IT'S NOT DOBY JUNIOR HIGH, ALTHOUGH I KNOW IT'S IN SAU HAS FOUR CAMERAS POINTED AGAINST IT.

MY GRANDSON'S GOING THERE NEXT YEAR.

I PRAY TO GOD I CAN HOMESCHOOL 'EM IF THESE CAMERAS ARE STILL UP.

PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED EVERY MORNING THAT THEY DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AND EVERY AFTERNOON THEY PICK THEM UP.

AND WHERE ARE THESE STORED? THESE PHOTOGRAPHS

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ARE STORED ON AMAZON WEB SERVER.

I HAVE ZERO TRUST IN THAT.

I HAVE ZERO FAITH THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ARE SECURE.

UM, THEY'RE ON A NATIONAL DATABASE THEY CAN BE SEARCHED AND DON'T TELL ME ABOUT BEING DELETED.

OUR, OUR COUNTRY'S FRAUD, FINANCIAL FRAUD WAS DISCOVERED ON DELETED FILES.

DIGITAL FILES ARE NEVER DELETED.

THEY CAN BE RECOVERED UNLESS THEY'RE WIPED.

A LPR COMPANIES ARE TRADING, UM, OUR PRIVACY FOR PROFITS.

THERE'S LITERALLY VERY LITTLE CONTROL ON HOW THESE FIT PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BEING USED AND HOW THEY'RE BEING ABUSED.

AND WE'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF ABUSE.

BEXAR COUNTY RECENTLY LAW HAD A COURT CASE AND THEY WERE CONVICTED OR THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY OF, UM, VIOLATING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS USING THE SYSTEMS INAPPROPRIATE.

THIS IS AMERICA.

AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING THAT OUR FREEDOMS ARE CHIPPED AWAY.

AND IF WE MORE AMERICANS DON'T STAND UP, WE WILL LOSE OUR REPUBLIC.

THIS COUNTRY IS IN A HUGE FIGHT TO PAY OR MAINTAIN THE REPUBLIC.

I PRAY EVERY DAY THAT WE DON'T LOSE OUR FREEDOM.

NEXT UP WE HAVE GREGORY ALT EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. WILLIAMS AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS GREGORY SIEBOLD.

I RESIDE AT 3 8 4 1 GREENRIDGE IN CHURCH.

GREETINGS FROM THE SCENIC HILLS COMMUNITY.

MY APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO READ IT.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR COUNCIL AND MR. WILLIAMS FOR HAVING MR. JAMES AVAILABLE TO PURSUE THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.

WE ARE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON FINDINGS SINCE OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION.

AND FROM OUR MEETING WITH MR. BRIAN JAMES AND FOUR OF HIS STAFF ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH.

FOR YEARS PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT ABOVE SCENIC HILLS, WHICH IS FAIRHAVEN, OUR STREET AND CURB GUTTERS HANDLED THE NATURAL STORM WATER RUNOFF AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

DURING DEVELOPMENT, CURB DRAINS WERE INSTALLED TO CONTROL NATURAL STORMWATER RUNOFF.

HOWEVER, AFTER INCREASING THE NATURAL SLOPE BY IMPORTING OVER SIX FEET OF DIRT AND GRADING APPROXIMATELY 14 ACRES TO FLOW INTO A SINGLE GREEN RIDGE STREET, THOSE CURVED DRAINS WERE REPLACED WITH A TRENCH DRAIN.

THE SPAN THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF GREEN RIDGE AND CONNECTED TO AN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM IN SCENIC HILLS.

FOLLOWING OUR DISCUSSION, IT IS EVIDENT THAT PERMITTED INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

THE UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE PIPE WAS DOWNSIZED FROM THE APPROVED PIPE OF 30 INCHES INTO A 36 SPECIFICATIONS TO AN 18 TO 24 INCH LINE.

CITY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THIS DURING OUR MEETING THAT PRIOR TO PERMITTING THE DEVELOPER TO TIE INTO UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE PIPES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE EXISTING DRAINAGE PIPES WERE NOT INSPECTED TO ENSURE ACTUAL INSTALLED RELATIVE TO APPROVED ENGINEERING PLANS.

HAD THIS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THE DEVELOPER WOULD'VE LIKELY BEEN REQUIRED TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR DEVELOPMENT OR INSTALL A DIFFERENT MEANS TO HANDLE THE STORMWATER PER ESTABLISHED LAWS.

THE DEVELOPER OF FAIRHAVEN RAN A 20 INCH DISCHARGE LINE THROUGH THEIR PROJECT'S PERIMETER WALL AND DISCHARGED DIRECTLY ONTO SCENIC HILLS PHEASANT DRIVE RESULTING IN THE PAVEMENT AND ROAD BASE OF PHOENIX DRIVE BEING QUICKLY DESTROYED.

IT IS UNKNOWN TO THIS PRESENTER.

IF THIS WAS PER APPROVED DRAINAGE PLAN.

THE ISSUE WAS SOLVED BY THE CITY HAVING A 24 INCH LINE INSTALLED THAT RUNS THE LENGTH OF PHEASANT DRIVE CONNECTING INTO A LINE AT HILLSIDE AND PHEASANT.

WE WERE RECENTLY INFORMED THAT SUPPOSEDLY THIS LINE WAS GIFTED TO SCENIC HILLS BY THE CITY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO ENTRY POINT INTO THIS LINE FOR SCENIC HILLS RUNOFF, THOUGH NONE IS NEEDED.

SCENIC HILLS DIDN'T REQUEST WANT OR NEED THIS LINE YET THE CURRENT EXPECTATION IS THAT SCENIC HILLS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT AT OUR EXPENSE.

HOW CAN ANY REASONABLE PERSON BELIEVE THIS IS A JUST RESOLUTION DESIGNED AT THE PERMITTING PROCESS? THE CITY OF CHURCH SHOULD BEAR THIS RESPONSIBILITY AS IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO ASSURE STORMWATER DRAINAGE COMPLIED WITH TCEQ, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ALL OTHER LAWS PERTAINING TO STORMWATER DRAINAGE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS PROPER ATTENTION, PROVIDING MR. JAMES'S ASSERTION THAT THIS APPEAR WILL APPEAR ON YOUR OCTOBER 20TH AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

WE GREATLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING MARY COUNSEL.

NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID RIDGE.

OH, OKAY.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO MS. ALLISON HAYWARD.

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UH, ALLISON HAYWARD 26 28 HANSEL HEIGHTS.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13 FOR THE WORKSHOP OF C-V-L-G-C AND AFTER WATCHING IT CLOSELY AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR SISTER CITY WITH CILO AND THE PUSHING OF WANTING TO, UM, PUT IN A PFC, WHICH IS A PUBLIC FACILITY, A CORPORATION FOR COMMODORE FOR THE C-V-L-G-C, THEIR PORTION OF IT, I GOTTA WONDER WHY THEY'RE PUSHING SO HARD FOR THAT, UM, PUBLIC ENTITY BECAUSE THAT ENDS UP, IF THE CITY DECIDES TO DO THAT, IT ENDS UP NOT GIVING WATER TO THE RESIDENTS.

IT ENDS UP BEING NON-POTABLE WATER AND IT CAN GO ANYWHERE.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY OF CHURCH, THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT AS WELL AS I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR RESIDENTS WATER AND NOT LOOKING AT NON-POTABLE FOR DATA CENTERS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING THE MEETING TO NOT CAPITULATE TO CILO.

AND IF THEY DO NOT, IF THERE'S NOT AN AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL DECIDE THAT THEY CAN, CAN TAKE THEIR PORTION AND WE WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO GREEN VALLEY, SUD IS LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE WAY OF TAKING THAT WATER AS WELL AND GIVING IT TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO I'M JUST ASKING THE CITY THAT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR DISCUSSIONS AND STARTING MAKING DECISIONS, THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF SHIRTS AND NOT, UM, LOOKING AT THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANNA DO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND GET SENDING ON WATER SOMEPLACE ELSE.

THAT IS ALL.

AND THAT'LL BE IT FOR HEARING OF THE RESIDENTS.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[ Consent Agenda Items The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.]

TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

BEFORE WE DO, UH, MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, JUST NOTE THAT, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND, UH, PUT IN DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY.

IT WILL BE ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL WITH ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA UPON THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER.

OTHER THAN ITEM NUMBER THREE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HAVING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECOND AMERIPRO.

TIM WATSON.

SORRY.

AND WE GOT A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

SO, SO WITH THAT, UH, CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THE VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE? ALL RIGHT.

HAVING SIX YAYS, NO NAYS.

ITEM, UH, UP FOR DISCUSSION.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE FIRST

[3. Resolution 26-R-113 - Authorizing a purchase with PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc. DBA GameTime for the Community Playscape Shade Structure Project (Parks & Recreation Director Lauren Shrum)]

BE ITEM THREE, RESOLUTION 26 DASH R DASH ONE 13 AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE WITH PLAY CORE WISCONSIN INC.

DBA GAME TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY PLAYSCAPE SHADE STRUCTURE PROJECT.

WITH US, WE HAVE OUR PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, LAUREN SHROOM.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS. UM, WE PULLED THIS ITEM FROM CONSENT FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.

THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE COUNCIL MEMO THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PACKET ON THE VERY FIRST DAY.

UM, I CAUGHT THAT ERROR AND WE UPDATED THE PACKET.

SO WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE, IF YOU LOOKED AT IT ON THE VERY FIRST DAY, THERE WAS MENTION IN THE MEMO FOR SOME SAFETY SERVICING.

UM, WE HAD CONSIDERED SOME PORT IN PLACE SAFETY SERVICING, UM, BUT DUE TO FUNDING AND SOME OTHER ISSUES, WE DECIDED TO WAIT ON THAT AT THIS MOMENT.

SO THIS PROJECT IS JUST SHADE STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE MUCH NEEDED AND YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IN OUR MASTER PLAN RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S IT.

OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS? HAVE A NONE.

CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

OKAY, I GOT A MOTION MADE BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

SECONDED BY AMERIPRO.

TIM WATSON.

CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST VOTES? MAY I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE? HAVING SIX YAYS, NO NAYS.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, SO ITEM UH, NINE ON DISCUSSION NATIONAL ITEMS. ITEM NINE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

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SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT ITEM NINE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[9. Resolution 26-R-115 - Authorizing the acceptance of a quote from Motorola Solutions Inc. and BRINC for a pilot DFR program that includes two DFR pods with the City of Schertz (Chief of Police Jim Lowery)]

10.

RESOLUTIONS 26 DASH R DASH ONE 15 AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A QUOTE FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC.

AND BRINK FOR A PILOT DFR PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES 2D FR PODS WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

WITH US, WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF, MR. JIM LAWRIE, EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS AND CITY STAFF.

THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT RESOLUTION 26 R ONE 15.

AGAIN, IT IS TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A QUOTE FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED WITH BRINK FOR A PILOT DFR PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES 2D FR PODS FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR AND SOME OF OUR CITIZENS MAY NOT.

SO I WANTED TO, UH, HAVE THIS ON OUR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS COMING UP.

WELL.

SO WHAT A D DF PROGRAM IS, IS THAT DFR PROGRAMS DEPLOY DRONES FROM A FIXED OR ROOFTOP DOCKING STATIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER A NINE ONE ONE CALL DRONE STREAM LIVE VIDEO TO DISPATCHERS AND RESPONDING UNITS, PROVIDING EARLY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, ARRIVAL TIMES OR TICK OR TYPICALLY 60 TO 180 SECONDS.

OFTEN MUCH FASTER THAN PATROL.

A DFR PROGRAM ORIGINATED WITH A CHULA VISTA PD IN 2018 AND HAVE SINCE EXPANDED NATIONWIDE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE DRONES, UH, IN SERVICE, ONE AT THE PD AND TWO AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS JUST AN EXPANSION IN ADVANCEMENT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THEM AT A READY STATUS AT ALL TIMES.

HOW THE DFR WORKS, YOU HAVE AUTOMATED DOCKS, THEY'RE WEATHERPROOF STATIONS THAT CHARGE PROTECT AND LAUNCH DRONES WITHOUT AN ONSITE PERSONNEL.

YOU HAVE REMOTE PILOTS, TELE OPERATORS, THEY'RE TRAINED PERSONNEL TO OPERATE DRONES FROM A COMMAND CENTER, OFTEN USING LIVE 9 1 1 AUDIO AND CAD DATA AND CAN BE HANDED OFF REMOTELY.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UH, A DRONE DFR WOULD BE LAUNCHED AUTOMATICALLY IF WE HAD A SHOOTING CALL.

IT COULD GO TO THIS LOCATION AND START VIDEO.

AND ONCE WE HAVE OFF OFFICERS ON THE GROUND AND IF THEY NEEDED TO TAKE CONTROL 'CAUSE THEY HAD A BETTER TACTICAL OBSERVATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE THEY NEEDED A DRONE, THEY COULD ACTUALLY HAND THAT OVER AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE DRONE FROM UH, IN THE FIELD RIGHT THERE AND ACTUALLY HAVE VISUAL OBSERVATION OF THE DRONE SENSORS YOU HAVE EO, THAT'S ELECTRICAL OPTICAL, WHICH WE USE FOR DAYLIGHT AND INFRARED, WHICH IS USED AT NIGHT ZOOM OPTICS AND THERMAL IMAGING FOR DAY NIGHT OPERATIONS.

ALL THE ELECTRONICS THAT ARE ON A DRONE PLATFORM IS ALSO WHAT IS ON TRADITIONAL AIRCRAFT SUCH AS HELICOPTERS AND FIXED WING AIRCRAFT.

AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN VETTED THROUGH.

AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE POLICIES OF CURRENT CASE LAW AND WHEN YOU CAN USE THAT INTEGRATION, WE HAVE A CAD 9 1 1 SY SYSTEM THAT AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS A LAUNCH FOR QUALIFYING CALLS.

SO WHEN WE WERE TO LAUNCH THIS, IF WE WERE TO GET APPROVAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD SET THE THRESHOLD.

SO FOR LIKE SHOOTING CALLS, MAJOR ACCIDENTS TO HELP OFFICERS F FIGURE OUT IF WE HAVE A PARTICULAR F ROAD THAT'S FEEDING.

SO YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAKE A U-TURN.

IF WE HAD A MISSING PERSON CALL, A PERSON NEEDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AND A WOODED AREA, WE COULD LAUNCH THOSE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AN OFFICER, UH, WOULD BE ON SCENE.

THE BENEFITS OF A DFR FASTER RESPONSE TIMES, DRONES REACH SCENES, UH, AND UNDER 90 SECONDS IN MANY OF THE PROGRAMS IMPROVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

OFFICERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE APPROACHING SUSPECTS.

WEAPONS HAZARDS, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY.

CURRENT DATA IS SHOWING THAT MANY OF THE CALLS ARE CLEARED WITHOUT DISPATCHING AN OFFICER AVERAGING 25% CLEARANCE BEFORE AN OFFICER ACTUALLY GETS ON SCENE.

SOME ARE EXPERIENCING A 38% CLEARANCE, ALLOWING US TO GET A GREATER RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT FOR OUR OFFICERS.

ENHANCE SAFETY, REDUCES RISK TO OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC SEARCH AND RESCUE THERMAL IMAGING HELPS LOCATE PERSONS QUICKLY, HAS A LOUDSPEAKER, LIGHTING AND PAYLOAD AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.

SOME OF THE PAYLOADS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS NOT OFFENSIVE PAYLOADS.

IT WOULD BE SOMETHING AS SOMEBODY HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND THEY'RE GOING INTO ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK,

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THEY'RE ALLERGIC TO SEAFOOD, IT GET STUNG BY A BEE.

THIS AIRCRAFT CAN HAVE AN EPIPEN THERE IN THE POT ITSELF.

IT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT PAYLOADS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

CURRENTLY IT HAS AN A ED, AN EPIPEN, A PFD, WHICH IS A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE.

SOMEBODY'S IN THE WATER OR NARCAN.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY DEPLOY IT IN THE FIELD AND HAVE IT THERE WITHIN 90 TO 180 SECONDS.

WE COULD HAVE ALSO USED THIS IN OUR RECENT FLOODING WHEN WE HAD THE MANDATORY EVACUATION.

THE SYSTEMS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING, UH, PRELOADED MESSAGING AND IT HAS A LOUDSPEAKER THAT'S QUITE LOUD THAT YOU COULD FLY IT OVER A NEIGHBORHOOD AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ISSUED A MANDATORY EVACUATION AND THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO FOR SHELTER.

SO WE CAN USE IT FOR THAT.

ALSO, CHALLENGES OF A DFR.

THERE'S PRIVACY CONCERNS, POLICIES TO RESTRICT RECORDING TO ACTIVE CALLS AND PUBLISH FLIGHT LOGS.

PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE, TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD.

STRICT POLICIES HELP BUILD TRUST.

WE HAVE TWO TOWN HALL HALL MEETINGS.

ONE IS ON OCTOBER 17TH AND ONE IS ON OCTOBER 19TH.

AGAIN, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TWO TOP TOPICS, THE LAL LPRS AND THE DRONE SYSTEM MORE THAN ANYTHING.

UH, UH, AGAIN, WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE WITH OUR LPRS IS WE HAVE A TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD.

ANY FLIGHT THAT WE USE, UH, FOR THE DFR, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THE ACTUAL PATH OF THE DFR THAT FLIES SO THE CITIZENS CAN SEE WHERE THAT ACTUALLY WAS.

WHY WAS THE DFR OVER MY YARD? MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT LAW ENFORCEMENTS.

IT'S A PRIVATE CITIZENS DFR, BUT WE'LL HAVE THOSE, UH, FLIGHT PATHS IMMEDIATELY PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO WILL HAVE POLICIES WHERE THE CAMERA IS FACING FORWARD AND NOT DOWN ONE, IT'S GOING FROM A LAUNCH SITE TO THE ACTUAL CALL FOR SERVICE SCENE.

AND THEN THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT WOULD BE IF WE WERE USING IT FOR TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE TO OBTAIN FOR A SEARCH WARRANT.

WE WOULD NOT PUBLISH THAT ONE UNTIL AFTER THE SEARCH WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, PUBLISH THAT FLIGHT PATH WHERE WE WERE.

REGULATORY COMPLEXITY, UH, BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT APPROVALS, UH, BECOME MORE, UH, ADVANCED RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE ARE NOW IN THE AGE OF USED TO BE HAD TO HAVE LINE OF SIGHT FOR YOUR DRONE BECAUSE OF THE CAPABILITIES FOR RADAR AND, UH, TRACKING ALL THE OTHER CRAFT IN THE AREA.

AND FOR US, WE HAVE RANDOLPH, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER THERE, THAT ABILITY TO INTEGRATE THE DRONE IN THERE.

AND THE NEW, UH, RULES ARE COMING ABOUT.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE UP TO FOUR DRONES AND AN OPERATIONAL AREA.

UM, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THROUGH MOTOROLA IS TO HAVE TWO PODS THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER 85 TO 98% OF THE CITY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.

WITH, WITH THE UH, DFR CAPABILITY, I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A, A VISUAL IF YOU REALLY WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO THERE ARE TWO TYPE OF DF UH, DFR DRONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE CURRENT MODEL IS THE RESPONDER.

THEIR NEXT GENERATION IS CALLED THE GUARDIAN.

THE GUARDIAN, UH, WILL BE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE PAYLOADS AND HAVE A FIVE MILE, SIX MILE RADIUS THAT THEY CAN FLY.

CURRENT DRONE FOR THE RESPONDER, WE'RE LOOKING AT A THREE MILE RADIUS.

THEY STILL WILL USE THE EXACT SAME POD.

IT'S JUST MAYBE A SLIGHTLY LARGER, UH, DRONE.

AND FOR, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW BIG THE POD ACTUALLY IS, AS YOU CAN SEE IT, IT WILL ACTUALLY FIT IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

WE WILL PICK, UH, SECURED DESIGNATED AREAS.

WE WILL NEED TO HAVE 240 40 VOLT, UH, ELECTRICITY THERE AND AN ETHERNET CONNECTION FROM THE CITY.

IT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED.

RESOLUTION 26 R ONE 15.

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INTEGRATION HAS A PROMOTION PROGRAM WITH BRINK.

THEY'RE OFFERING US TWO BRINK PODS.

WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

THEY USUALLY ONLY OFFER ONE POD AS A PILOT PROGRAM.

THEY ACTUALLY ARE GONNA COVER THE FIRST YEAR COST AT $119,998 FOR THE YEAR.

OUR FIRST YEAR WOULD BE FULLY FUNDED BY MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.

WE HAVE A CANCELLATION FOR CONVENIENCE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH MEANS SIX MONTHS INTO IT, NINE MONTHS INTO IT AT THE 12 MONTH MARK.

IF WE DECIDE THAT THE DFR PROGRAM IS NOT VETTING OUT WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE DOING AND WE DON'T WANT IT, WE CAN ACTUALLY WALK AWAY AND THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO US WHATSOEVER.

YEARS TWO THROUGH FOUR, WE HAVE A NON APPROPRIATION FUNDING CLAUSE.

WE PLAN ON LOOKING TO GET GRANTS, WHICH IS A 20% MATCH FOR US TO FUND THE DFR.

IF THAT GRANT WAS NOT AVAILABLE, WE COULD ALSO CANCEL THE CONTRACT FOR NON APPROPRIATION.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

26 R ONE 15 THE FIRST YEAR WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE TECHNOLOGY IS BOTH ACCURATE AND EFFECTIVE.

AND AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE FUTURE FUNDING IS TO SEEK GRANTS TO ASSIST WITH FUNDING CURRENTLY THROUGH

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THE MV UH, CPA WITH A 20% MATCH.

AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S GRANTS TO GIVE US A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDING.

BUT OUR CURRENT, UH, REVENUE FOR GRANTS WOULD BE THROUGH THE M-V-C-P-A.

COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS HAVE WE, UH, COORDINATED AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE REGARDING THE USE OF THESE ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO THE ANSWER IS WE'VE STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS AND WE ALREADY HAVE AN MOU WITH THEM, BECAUSE OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY, THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK ANY DRONE THAT LAUNCHES IN THE AIR BECAUSE THEY'RE A TRAINING BASE.

SO NOT ONLY CAN WE TELL WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS, WE CAN ACTUALLY TELL WHERE THE OPERATOR IS.

BUT YES, WE ARE, UH, INITIATING CONTACT.

AND WHAT WE DO THROUGH THAT IS CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF WAIVER THAT ALLOW US TO OPERATE 200 TO 400 FEET AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO AN AGREEMENT AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, I SEE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY PROVIDE TRAINING.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE A STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FLYING THE DRONE? GREAT QUESTION, SIR.

SO MANY LARGER AGENCIES HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER.

THE MODEL THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING AT FIRST, AND THE CITY OF SHEZ, OUR DISPATCHERS WILL BE CROSS-TRAINED AS PILOTS.

SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE CALL FIRST.

SO THEY HAVE THAT CAPABILITY OF LAUNCHING THE, THE DFR, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN LAUNCH IT, IT'S GONNA BE AUTONOMOUS AND THEY'RE MONITORING IT.

AND THEN ONCE IT GETS OUT THERE, AND IF WE HAVE THE OFFICER ON THE GROUND, THEY NEED TO TAKE CONTROL, THEY CAN, UH, HAND OFF THE, THE DFR OR THEY CAN RETURN IT BACK TO ITS SITE.

SO WE WILL HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PILOTS THAT ARE TRAINED FOR THAT.

BUT YES, WE WILL HAVE ALL THAT TRAINING.

AND WHAT WOULD BE THE SETUP FOR HAVING, UH, IN TERMS OF REVIEWING, I GUESS THE, UH, THE VIDEO THAT'S BEING TAKEN, IS THERE GONNA BE SOME KIND OF A, A, YOU KNOW, SAFETY NET TO REVIEW THAT AND ENSURE IT'S BEING DONE PROPERLY? SO OUR, THROUGH OUR, OUR PROPOSED PROTOCOLS AND PROCESSES ON THAT WILL BE HANDLED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER VIDEO THAT WE OBTAIN THROUGH A DV DVR DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER, THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, IF IT IS RELATED TO AN ACTIVE ONGOING CASE, IT WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH ME OR THE DA BEFORE WE CAN RELEASE IT.

OTHER THAN THAT, THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS WITH SOME REDACTIONS IF IT HAS CAPTURED SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL INFORMATION.

BUT WE WILL LIMIT THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE, AGAIN, AS I WAS TELLING YOU, THE CAMERA IS FACING FORWARD, SO IT'S NOT GOING OVER PEOPLE'S YARDS UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE CALL FOR SERVICING.

HEY, COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, CHIEF, YOU SAID WE WOULD GET TWO OF THEM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO, UM, WE WOULD HAVE COVERAGE ONCE ONE OF 'EM LAUNCHED AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER CALL.

YOU LAUNCHED THE OTHER ONE.

WE WOULD HAVE FULL COVERAGE, YOU WERE SAYING, RIGHT? A HUNDRED PERCENT.

80% OF THE, THE CITY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO WITH THE RESPONDER, WE HAVE A THREE MILE LIMIT ON WHICH THEY FLY.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE FLYING AS THE CROW FLIES.

SO WITH THAT THREE MILE MARK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO GET OUT THERE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE A 40 TO 45 MINUTE FLIGHT TIME, THE CURRENT MODEL.

AND IF THERE'S STRONGER WINDS, THAT MAY GO DOWN TO 35 MINUTES.

SO YES, WE COULD LAUNCH TWO AT ONE TIME ON TWO SEPARATE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

OR IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT IS LAUNCHED, WE CAN DO WHAT WE CALL A HOT BATTERY SWAP IN THE FIELD.

YOU LAND IT, YOU MAY LOSE UP TO TWO MINUTES OF THAT TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE, YOU CAN SWITCH, SWITCH THE BATTERY AND LAUNCH IT BACK UP.

OR YOU CAN BRING IN THE SECOND DFR, HAVE IT HOVERING WHILE THE OTHER ONE GOES BACK AND DOES A BATTERY SWAP THROUGH THE POT ITSELF.

AND THEN IT'S READY TO COME BACK WHEN THE OTHER ONE GOES OUT.

AND THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY ALSO, IT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF LOCKING ON A CAR.

SO IF YOU'RE, UM, HAVING A PURSUIT, IT WILL ACTUALLY LOCK ON A CAR AND FOLLOW THE CAR FOR YOU.

OR IF YOU GET INTO A FOOT PURSUIT, YOU WILL ACTUALLY LOCK ONTO A HUMAN SIGNATURE ALSO THROUGH THE INFRARED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TIM WATSON? I WANTED TO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 26 R ONE 15.

I HAVE A MOTION.

DO YOU HAVE SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON SECOND BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BEN GUERRERO.

CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CASH YOUR VOTES PLEASE? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED HAVING SIX YAYS? NO NAYS.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, ORDINANCE 26 DASH M DASH 0 3 2 TO PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ITEM ONE, ORDINANCE 26 DASH S DASH 0 1 9.

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THANK YOU, CHIEF.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVE

[10. Ordinance 26-M-032 - Amend the City of Schertz Code of Ordinances and certain other ordinances by amending and establishing fees for certain licenses, permits, and other services (Finance Director James Walters)]

POLICE THEMSELVES AREN'T CHANGING, FUNCTIONALLY NOT CHANGING.

WITH US, WE HAVE, UH, MR. JAMES WALTERS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JAMES WALTERS.

I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.

UH, TONIGHT WE ARE BRINGING THE FEE SCHEDULE, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

UH, THERE'S, UH, ONLY A COUPLE OF EXTRA ADDITIONS, UH, TO THE CHANGES.

UH, I TOUCHED ON IN THE, UH, CCM.

UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THE POLICE.

THEY'RE ALL, UH, RELATED TO HOW THEY'RE PRESENTED.

WE JUST WANNA BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR AND WHEN THEY'RE USED.

UH, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S AN ANNUAL ALARM PERMIT.

AND THEN CHANGING THE ALARM SERVICE FEES OTHER THAN BURGLAR ALARMS AND BURGLAR ALARMS TO COMMERCIAL FALSE ALARM FEES AND RESIDENTIAL FALSE ALARM FEES.

THEY'RE ALL CARRIED OUT IN THE SAME WAY.

THIS THING'S MORE CLEAR TO PUBLIC WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WAS THE UTILITY BILLING.

UH, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE HIGHER, UH, FIRE HYDRANT FEES, MAINLY DEPOSIT, WHICH IS FULLY, UH, REFUNDABLE, AS WELL AS MATCH THE REPLACEMENT FEE WITH HOW MUCH THE FIRE HYDRANT METERS ACTUALLY COST.

SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE UPDATED THAT.

ONCE THE THE FEES ARE PRICED TO PURCHASE A NEW FIRE HYDRANT HAS GONE UP.

UM, AND AS WELL, THE DEPOSIT IS MEANT TO COVER A LOT OF, UH, LET'S SAY IF THE A PAYMENT WASN'T MADE, UM, ON THE FINAL BILL, WHENEVER THEY'RE CLOSING OUTTA THE ACCOUNT, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO COVER, UH, IF ALL OF IT, IF NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE FEE.

UH, SO THE CITY'S NOT OUT OF ANY, ANY MONEY.

UM, AGAIN, IF THEY FULLY PAY THEIR BILLS, THAT $900 IS FULLY REIMBURSABLE.

AND IF THEY, UH, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE PRODUCT, THEY DON'T NEED TO PAY REIMBURSEMENT FEE IF THEY RETURN IT IN GOOD CONDITION.

UH, UM, THE MAIN ITEM THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, UH, TO DISCUSS WAS THE DRAINAGE FEE.

THE CHARGE PER RESIDENT AND THE COMMERCIAL PER LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT STAFF HAS PROPOSED TO GO FROM $8 TO $11.

THIS AMOUNT LINES UP WITH THE, UM, RATE STUDY THAT THE STAFF, UH, HAD PERFORMED WITH, UH, WILL DAN SERVICES, WHO ALSO COVERED THE WATER AND SEWER RATE FEES.

AND THIS RATE IN FEE, UH, INCREASE WAS MEANT TO GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS, UH, RAISING FUNDS TO DO SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, WE HAD THOSE EIGHT, UH, DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WERE PROPOSED OR SHOWN IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

THE CIP, UH, RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE.

AND THIS IS THE RATE INCREASE THAT WOULD FUND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, IF STAFF HAS ANY QUESTION OR COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN GO OVER THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

UM, IF NOT, THEN WE CAN OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

UH, JUST JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND DEVELOP THE BUDGET AROUND THE INCREASE OF THIS FEE.

YES, AS, AS STEVE MENTIONED, THIS WAS ALL PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

THE ONLY REASON FOR THE DELAY WAS THE STATE STATUTES REQUIRE, UH, 30 DAYS OF NOTICES IN THE PAPER, LIKE A 30, AT LEAST 30 DAYS IN THE NOTICE IN THE PAPER BEFORE YOU CAN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CHANGE DRAINAGE FEES.

UM, SO WITH THAT, BY THE TIME STAFF HAD BRIEF COUNSEL ON THE, THE RATE CHANGES, WE WENT FORWARD AFTER THAT, UH, WITH THE NOTICES.

AND SO THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING SINCE THEN THAT WE COULD, UH, ACTUALLY DISCUSS AND ADOPT THE, UH, FEE CHANGE FOR THE DRAINAGE.

I DON'T RECOLLECT THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR FLOODING ON I 35.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP, UH, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ORDINANCE 26 DASH M DASH 0 3 2, THAT TIME IS 7 34.

YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.

BOB JAMESON, 45 0 4 BRUSH CREEK DRIVE IN SHIRTZ CITY COUNSEL, MR. MAYOR, WE JUST RAISED THE WATER AND SEWER RATES 8% FOR THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS.

WE HAVE A PROPERTY TAX COMING FOR THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS.

THE TRASH RATES ARE GONNA INCREASE JANUARY, 2027 FOR THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS.

THE DRAINAGE FREE WAS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR.

IT WENT FROM $3 TO $8 BASED ON THE FACT THAT 35 WAS FLOODING.

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THAT'S A TEXDOT ISSUE.

MEANWHILE, IT PASSED.

NOW WE WANNA RAISE IT AGAIN.

WHY DOES IT REALLY RAIN THAT MUCH IN SHIRTS? AND WHEN READING THROUGH THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT, IT'S LISTED THAT THIS IS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO ACCEPT SOME RESPONSIBILITY OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A REQUEST FOR A SCHOOL TAX INCREASE.

SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR MONEY, BUT WHERE'S IT GOING? CITIZENS OF SHIRTS ARE WATCHING AND LOOKING.

IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER RESIDENT WISHING TO BE HEARD? HAVE NONE.

OH, GO AHEAD.

DAVID RIDGE, 37 0 8 HILLSIDE SENA HILLS COMMUNITY.

WITH REGARDS TO THE DRAINAGE FEES.

UH, WE, AS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

SO WE PERFORM REPAIRS ON IT, YET WE PAY THE FULL RATES THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S DOWNSTREAM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO BE SORTED BY THOSE FEES, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PROPORTIONAL CONSIDERATION HERE IF WE'RE REPAIRING OUR OWN DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WHY ARE WE PAYING THE FULL RATE? THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO COME UP TO SPEAK.

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 37.

DO I HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTING TO SPEAK ON ORDINANCE 26 DASH M DASH 0 3 2? YES.

KEPT UP WITH OUR DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO.

UH, MR. JAMES COULD HI, MR. WALTER? YES, COUNCILMAN? UH, COULD YOU JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PURPOSES OF THE INCREASE OF THE DRAIN? I KNOW WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON IT AND WE WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT JUST SO OTHERS CAN BE SURE.

SO, SO TO BACK UP AND GIVE A BIT OF HISTORY, WHEN WE CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD NOT RAISED OUR DRAINAGE FEE IN QUITE A FEW YEARS.

SO ON THE ONE HAND, YOU CAN SAY, WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

WE'RE NOT KIND OF GOING UP EVERY YEAR.

WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING IT STABLE.

BUT WHEN YOU GO TOO LONG WITH THAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RAISE IT, IT'S A, IT'S A BIGGER INCREASE.

UM, AND SO PART OF THE PROBLEM WE HAD IS WITH, WE HAD NOT RAISED THE FEE IN A LONG TIME.

AND ADDITIONALLY, AS WE KNOW, THINGS ARE JUST GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO BUILD, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE, AND WE HAVE MORE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AS THE CITY GROWS.

UH, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO PICK UP, WHETHER THAT'S WATER, SEWER STREETS OR, OR DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS A PLAN TO PHASE IN THE FEE INCREASE.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST LAST YEAR WAS THE BIG INCREASE, BUT IT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO GO UP THE ADDITIONAL $3 THIS YEAR.

UH, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE NOT, UH, IMPROVED, UH, REPAIRED, MAINTAINED, ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY AS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS AGED AND AS THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPANDED.

UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF, OF THE INCREASE IT HELPS FUND, UH, OUR DRAINAGE.

AGAIN, THE FIRST YEAR WITH THE INCREASES, YOU SAW KEVIN ANDERSON UP HERE EARLIER, UH, WHO'S BEEN HERE 30 YEARS, HE OVERSEES THAT DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? WHEN WE BUILD ONE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, TWO NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, AN ADDITIONAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, THEY, THEY CAN GENERALLY KIND OF MANAGE THAT.

BUT YOU LOOK UP OVER TIME AND WE'VE ADDED 10 NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, EIGHT NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, WE NEEDED TO ADD STAFF.

AND THEN REALLY THE FEE INCREASES THIS TIME ARE FOR THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO FUND THOSE.

AND WE HAVE A LONG LIST.

SO THAT'S THE POINT OF THE FEE INCREASE AND WHY IT'S GOING UP THE WAY IT HAS, IS WE HAD NOT KEPT UP WITH IT.

WE HAD NOT

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UM, AND, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE, THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE TO THIS SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE MAINTAIN OURS.

THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKS IS, UH, GENERALLY MOST NEIGHBORHOODS, MOST COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, THEY MAINTAIN, UH, PART OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM THAT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR AN HOA TO, TO MAINTAIN THEIRS, WHETHER THEY'RE PRIVATE OR WHETHER THEY'RE PUBLIC IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT AS YOU HEARD TOO, THAT WATER KIND OF HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE.

WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN DEETS CREEK WHEN IT FILLS UP.

WE HAVE OTHER CHANNELS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS OFF BORG FELD ROAD, WE HAVE A, A PROBLEM AT BORG FELD ROAD BY ADOBE, WHERE THE, THE WATER RUNS ACROSS THE STREET THERE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WE WANT TO GET TO.

AND, AND SO WHAT THIS FEE DOES IS IT HELPS MAINTAIN THE PORTION OF THE SYSTEM THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS, UM, THAT THAT REALLY AFFECTS EVERYONE.

AND OBVIOUSLY SOME FOLKS ARE AFFECTED MORE THAN OTHERS BY THAT.

IF YOU LIVE OVER IN AVIATION HEIGHTS HERE AND WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED WITH THE FLOODING, IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER IMPACT THAN THE FOLKS AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS FOR.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE FEE IS FOR RATHER.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE'LL COME BACK EVERY YEAR AND REVISIT WITH COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT'S ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS, HOW ARE THE COSTS LOOKING? HOW ARE WE KEEPING UP WITH THOSE, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? BUT AGAIN, THIS FUND, AS JAMES WILL TELL YOU, IT'S RESTRICTED TO DRAINAGE.

WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SPENDING THIS ON, UH, OTHER, OTHER TYPE OF THINGS.

IT'S SOLELY FOR OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND, AND SO FOLKS CAN SEE WHAT IT GOES TO.

YOU CAN LOOK IN THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.

I JUST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING UP BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO REMOVE THE COST FOR MANY OF OUR DEVELOPERS.

IT'S IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND, AND THE CITY'S NEEDS THAT THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO TO BE CLEAR, TYPICALLY WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, THEY HAVE TO PUT IN THAT DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ACROSS, BE IT A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THEY PAY TO BUILD THAT.

AND GENERALLY THEY PAY TO MAINTAIN THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

UH, REALLY THIS IS TO PICK UP SOME OF THE, UH, THE LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES A, A LARGER AREA AND THE OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ISN'T MAINTAINED BY THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

BUT THAT, AGAIN, IS NOTED THAT WATER FLOWS SOMEWHERE AND, AND GETS PICKED UP.

SO YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT DEVELOPERS ARE PAYING THERE FAIR SHARE, UH, NOT JUST IN DRAINAGE, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UTILITY IMPACT FEES, ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, BUILDING PERMIT FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

OUR CITY MANAGERS GOT A FOLLOW UP QUESTION THAT I, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THE FEE IS CHARGED UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING, BUT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING BY THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.

SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE ON THE HIGH GROUND, YOU'RE SENDING THE WATER TO THE LOW GROUND AND FLOODING SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BEN GUERRERO, UH, AND IT WAS RAISED FROM $3 TO $8, CORRECT? YOU SAID THE LAST TIME THAT'S RIGHT.

IT WAS RAISED, UH, FROM FIVE TO EIGHT, AND THEN NOW IT'S GOING EIGHT TO 11.

SO, SO WHAT, WHERE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? THE, THE INCREASE? EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO, SO LAST YEAR, REALLY WHAT WE DID WITH THE INCREASE IS WE FUNDED INCREASE TO OUR STAFF IN THEIR EQUIPMENT.

RIGHT? GO AHEAD AS A CREW.

TO AND ADD, ADDED A DRAINAGE CREW.

RIGHT? AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS THE CITY'S GROWN, WE HAVE MORE AREA THAT WE HAVE TO MOW AND MAINTAIN AND, AND KEEP UP TO DATE.

AND SO WE, AS WE GREW, WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT.

THIS INCREASE REALLY ARE ON THOSE PROJECTS.

AND JAMES HAS A LIST OF THOSE.

SO THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE EITHER WE HAVE, UH, SILTATION OR WE'VE GOT, UH, FAILURES OF STRUCTURES, UH, THAT'S GOING, OR WE NEED TO EXPAND A STRUCTURE OR FRANKLY PUT IN A STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

THESE ARE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, IS WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO, AND THAT'S ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

JAMES' EYESIGHT IS BETTER THAN MINE.

HE COULD, HE COULD READ THOSE STEVE, IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST FOR FOLKS WATCHING TO KNOW.

AND, AND THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IF YOU WANNA HIT 'EM REAL QUICK, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST TAKE A MOMENT.

STARTING, UM, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND THEN STARTING SOME CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE, UH, THIS FM 78 SOUTH CHANNEL SILT REMOVAL, 800,000, UH, WENDY SWAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, 725,000, UH, FM 1518 CITY PARK UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE UPGRADE.

NO EXPENSES ARE EXPECTED THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT THE OVERALL PROJECT WILL BE JUST OVER 3 MILLION.

UM, KRAMER FARMS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, ABOUT $1 MILLION NEXT YEAR.

WOODBRIDGE WOODBRIDGE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS KICKING OFF THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING PHASE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UH, PORTAGE LANE CULVERT REPLACEMENT AND CHANNEL REHABILITATION, 775,000, UH, MORNING DRIVE, CULVERT REPLACEMENT AND CHANNEL REHABILITATION, 825,000 AND OAK FOREST CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS KICKING OFF WITH THE DESIGN AND AND ENGINEERING AT $200,000.

AND THAT IS NOT, UH, THE FULL AMOUNT FOR ALL OF THOSE.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE EITHER FINISHING UP OR

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SO THAT'S JUST WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR EXPENDITURES THIS COMING YEAR AS LISTED IN THE, UH, CIP BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED, ALONG WITH ALL THE PROJECT SHEETS, SHOWING THE MAPS OF WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON, UH, WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING DONE, UH, CAN BE FOUND THERE.

NOW, HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THE $3 FEE? WHY $3? WHY NOT $1? WHEN I, SURE.

SO WE HAD, WE, WE ACTUALLY RIGHT, HIRED A CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT, IT SORT OF ISN'T WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY, BUT BASICALLY THE GIST OF IT WAS WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE? WHAT ARE THOSE COSTS THAT WE ESTIMATE TODAY? HOW DO WE ESTIMATE THOSE COSTS TO CHANGE? AND, AND IF WE WANT TO DO THOSE AT THE PACE AT DIFFERENT PACES, WHAT DOES THAT FEE NEED TO BE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE PAYING AND DOES IT BRING IN TO DO THAT? AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE DID IT.

WE HAD A CONSULTANT COME IN AND HELP US WITH THAT.

AND AGAIN, THE WAY WE STARTED IS IT'S A PHASED INCREASE.

UH, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS REVISIT THAT EVERY YEAR RATHER THAN KIND OF GET COUNSEL TO PASS SOMETHING THAT SAYS, THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC THING THAT GOES INTO EFFECT.

WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU EVERY YEAR, AND AS PART OF THE BUDGET, AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL TALK YOU THROUGH THAT.

AND AGAIN, I, I CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE, RIGHT? IT'S MAYBE FOLKS SAY, WELL, ONE TAX IS CERTAINLY FINE, BUT, BUT WHEN YOU, YOU FACTOR THIS RATE AND THIS RATE AND THIS THING AND THIS FACTOR, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, THAT BECOMES TOUGH FOR FOLKS AND, AND IT MAY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT GOING FORWARD.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE DID IT THIS WAY, IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

BUT WE HAD A CONSULTANT COME IN, UH, AND DO A STUDY TO SAY, IF WE WANT TO DO THIS AT THE PACE WE WANT TO DO IT, WHAT DOES THAT FEE NEED TO BE TO LET US ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS? SO IS THIS THING GOING UP EVERY YEAR OR SO? AGAIN, WHAT THE STUDY PROPOSED BASED ON WHAT WE HAD PLANNED TO DO WOULD TRIGGER A FEE INCREASE EVERY YEAR.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, IF WE CAN'T BUILD THE PROJECTS THIS FAST, OR WE FIND THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THEM AS FAST, OR WE HAVE ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND MORE PEOPLE PAYING THE FEE, WE MAY ADJUST THAT.

OR FRANKLY, COUNCIL MAY MAKE A POLICY DECISION AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING, I GET IT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS AND, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME COMPROMISES ON THOSE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO, YEAH, THIS IS ONE THAT PER THAT STUDY WOULD GO UP EVERY YEAR, BUT IT MAKES SOME ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON IT.

AND WE WANT TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THAT, THAT EVERY YEAR.

AND SO, AGAIN, IT, IT, IT JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE TIME WE HAD SAID, IF COUNCIL SAYS, OH, THE FEES JUST MORE THAN WE CAN MANAGE, RATHER THAN GOING TO $11, LET'S GO TO $10, THEN WE CAN GO BACK, WE CAN REVISIT THOSE PROJECTS.

WE CAN SORT OF SCALE BACK, WE CAN STRETCH OUT AND, AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT IF THAT WERE THE DECISION.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF DOING THOSE, UH, GOING FORWARD.

AND WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ASSUMPTION FOR NEXT YEAR? SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THIS, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT MAKING AN ASSUMPTION.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE FEE INCREASES THAT LET US REALLY TACKLE THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND WE WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THOSE.

IT'S QUITE A BIT OF PROJECTS.

CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME EASEMENT ACQUISITION AT TIMES.

SOME OF THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE DONE, COSTS MAY GO UP, COSTS MAY GO DOWN, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO COME BACK AND EVALUATE THAT, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO BE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE, GO UP ON THE FEE, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE PROJECTS.

UM, BUT REALLY IT COMES BACK TO HOW, HOW FAST DO WE WANT TO TACKLE THESE PROJECTS? UM, HOW QUICKLY DO WE WANT TO DO 'EM? AND THAT'S A POLICY QUESTION, RIGHT? I MEAN, ONE COULD ARGUE, WELL, WE'D WANNA DO 'EM ALL RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? STAFF WOULD SAY, NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T.

WELL, THERE'S BENEFIT TO GETTING 'EM ALL DONE.

WE CAN'T MANAGE THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS CAN, CAN BEAR THAT MUCH OF AN INCREASE.

UH, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION OTHER THAN WHEN WE CAME FORWARD LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED THAT STUDY.

WE PROVIDED THE CIP HERE WAS A SCHEDULE.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT ANYBODY ON STAFF ASSUMED THAT COUNCIL WOULD NECESSARILY CLICK THROUGH CONSISTENT WITH THAT STUDY, NOR DO I THINK THAT WE THOUGHT, UM, THAT EVERYTHING WOULD GO EXACTLY AS PLANNED.

WE KNOW STUFF POPS UP, UH, THAT CHANGES THAT, RIGHT? IT, OUR ABILITY TO KNOCK OUT PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES.

BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, IT IT'S A 10 YEAR WINDOW IDENTIFIED IN THE CIP.

SO THE, THE THINGS THAT JAMES WAS LISTING, THEY'RE SPREAD OUT IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE ENTIRE 10 YEAR WINDOW, RIGHT? AND THE TOTAL WAS APPROXIMATELY, WHAT, $42 MILLION? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID THAT OR NOT, BUT, AND I BELIEVE THE $3 GETS US TO THAT FIRST 42 MILLION.

AND THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IDENTIFIED DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN THE 10 YEAR WINDOW IS ABOUT 59 MILLION, $725,000.

WE'RE LOOKING TOTAL, TOTAL

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UH, THIS FIRST BRUSH IS ONLY ABOUT, UH, $3.9 MILLION.

THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO RAISE, UH, TO START KICKING OFF OF ALL THESE PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED, STARTING DOING DESIGN, UH, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND STARTING ON SOME CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR THOSE PROJECTS, UH, BASED ON, AS BRIAN SAID, BASED ON THE FEE THAT WE GO TO, UH, THE SCHEDULES CAN BE, UH, ADJUSTED TO MATCH THE FEE.

UH, THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT STAFF HAD FOR COUNCIL TO KIND OF KEEP THESE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS KICKING OFF AND STARTING TO GO.

BUT I'M, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING PROJECTS, WE IDENTIFY THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE, ARE CRITICAL IN TERMS OF NOT FLOODING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE ADDRESSING FIRST AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN AFFORD.

SO, SO IF WE'RE DOING AN EVALUATION EVERY YEAR, AND LET'S SAY THINGS ARE GOING GREAT, EFFECTIVE, CAN WE GO LOWER ON THE FEE? CAN WE REDUCE THE FEE? RIGHT? WE CAN REDUCE THE FEE JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT.

WHAT THAT MEANS ARE ONE OF TWO THINGS.

EITHER WE SCALE BACK ON STAFF AND EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? WHICH MEANS OUR STAFF ISN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN.

AND, AND JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, I KNOW YOU OFTEN OR AT TIMES WE'LL GET, UH, EMAILS, CALLS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL BEHIND ME, IT'S LOOKING, IT'S LOOKING KIND OF OVERGROWN, RIGHT? AND, AND THE ANSWER MIGHT BE, YEAH, IT'S GONNA LOOK KIND OF OVERGROWN.

WE SCALED THE FEEDBACK AND, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO GET OUT AND, AND DO IT AS QUICKLY AS YOU MIGHT WANT.

THE OTHER PART OF IT THOUGH, IS IT JUST MEANS WE DON'T DO THE PROJECTS AS QUICKLY AS WE HAD PLANNED, RIGHT? WE, WE SCALE BACK THOSE PROJECTS.

SO WE MAY SAY, WELL, LOOK AT THIS POINT, LET'S JUST DO WENDY SWAN, BUT ONE OF THOSE WAS I THINK THE DESALT PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE, AND LARRY CAN HELP ME OUT IF LARRY'S HERE OR KATHY ON THE DESALT, RIGHT? IS IF WE HAVE OUR CHANNELS THAT ARE FILLING WITH SILT, THEY HAVE LESS CAPACITY.

AND WHEN THEY HAVE LESS CAPACITY, EITHER ONE OF TWO THINGS OR BOTH HAPPEN, EITHER IT OVERFLOWS THAT CHANNEL, AND SO WE GET ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS NOW GETTING THAT WATER OR IT BACKS UP.

AND SO WE GET PEOPLE UPSTREAM START SAYING, WAIT, I'M SEEING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE GIST OF IT.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS ON A DESAL IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, UH, MAINTENANCE, AND THEN WHEN YOU COME OUT AT WHATEVER POINT TO DO IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REMOVING MORE SILTS.

SO TIM, TO BE, YOUR COSTS ARE HIGHER BECAUSE YOU'RE HAULING OFF MORE SPOILS.

RIGHT? NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS IF WITHOUT CUTTING ANYTHING BACK, IF THINGS ARE GOING GREAT, EFFECTIVE, THEN WE CAN CUT BACK.

CORRECT.

SO I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE FULLY STAFFED, EVERYTHING'S GOING GREAT, THINGS ARE WORKING EFFECTIVE, WE CAN CUT BACK.

SO, SO I, I'D SAY THIS, RIGHT, YOU CAN ALWAYS CUT BACK, RIGHT? SO EVEN IF THINGS ARE GOING GREAT AND WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND THEY'RE OUT THERE KNOCKING OUT SORT OF PROJECTS, IF YOU WANTED TO SCALE BACK THE FEE AND CUT BACK, WE WOULD HAVE TO SCALE BACK SOMEWHERE.

EITHER WE SCALE BACK ON THE MONEY WE HAVE FOR OPERATIONS, RIGHT? OR WE SCALE BACK THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO.

I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY GONNA FIND, OH, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, IT, IT TENDS TO COVER MORE, RIGHT? WE DON'T TEND TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, AH, SURPRISED US.

THE PROJECT COSTS LESS THAN WE THOUGHT.

IT HAPPENS ON OCCASION, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN ARE COSTS GOING UP, AND WE TEND TO, WE TEND TO RUN INTO THAT.

SO AGAIN, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THERE IS AN IMPLICATION TO SCALING BACK THE FEE AND REDUCING IT.

EITHER THAT MEANS WE REDUCE THE MONEY GOING TO OPERATIONS, WHICH IS SCALE BACK THE SIZE OF THE STAFF, SCALE BACK ON THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH MEANS LESS EQUIPMENT, OR THEY'RE USING OLDER EQUIPMENT, WHICH TENDS TO BREAK DOWN MORE, WHICH PUTS MORE OF A BURDEN ON OUR FLEET DEPARTMENT.

IT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT ALWAYS READY WHEN THEY NEED IT, OR WE'RE SCALING BACK THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

SO INSTEAD OF DOING, UM, THAT DES CONSULTATION PROJECT IN TWO YEARS, WE MAY HAVE TO PUSH THAT BACK IN ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS AND DO THAT DES CONSULTATION PROJECT IN FIVE YEARS.

DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION VERY WELL.

NO, NO, IT, IT MAKES SENSE.

SO, AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS WAS ADOPTED, THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL LAST SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, CORRECT.

SO THE FEE, THE INITIAL FEE INCREASE WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL LAST SEPTEMBER.

THEY MADE THAT DECISION BASED ON THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND THE STUDY THAT WE DID.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS, MY IMPRESSION, STAFF'S IMPRESSION IS NOT THAT COUNCIL BOUGHT OFF AND BLESSED THIS FULL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S, I MEAN, TO BE BLUNT, I THINK STAFF'S REACTION TO THAT, I THINK COUNCIL'S PROBABLY REACTION WAS THAT IS A REALLY AGGRESSIVE,

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REALLY SIGNIFICANT FEE INCREASE, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THIS THING ONE STEP AT A TIME.

I, I DON'T KNOW, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, THAT STAFF, I WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT STAFF WOULD COME UP EVERY YEAR AND NECESSARILY RECOMMEND AS AGGRESSIVE AS IT IS TO, TO BE REALLY HONEST.

BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY AND SHOW YOU IS IF WE WANTED TO DO THESE PROJECTS IN THE SCHEDULE, THIS WOULD BE THAT FEE INCREASE WE NEED TO MAKE.

BUT I THINK AS MAYBE COUNCILMAN GREER IS GETTING TO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME TRADE OFFS, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME BALANCES.

WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER AREAS OF FEES AND TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO FIND THAT APPROPRIATE BALANCE.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT COUNSEL BLESSED THE WHOLE THING.

AND THIS, AND THIS IS ALSO, UM, LIKE $36 A YEAR PER RESIDENT AND $36 A YEAR PER BUSINESS.

IS THAT CORRECT? MORE PER BUSINESS? IS IT MORE SO IT'S MORE PER BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO THE FEE INCREASE PER PER MONTH GOES UP $3 A MONTH FOR RESIDENTS.

SO RIGHT.

THAT'S, THAT'S 36.

WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE IS JUST ANOTHER, IT'S $36 A YEAR FOR A RESIDENT.

THE BUSINESS, WHILE YOU SEE THAT NUMBER, RIGHT, IT'S BASED ON AN LUE EQUIVALENT.

SO IT KIND OF, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S BASED ON HOW MUCH THE WAY THE, THE ANALYSIS WORKED, HOW MUCH RUNOFF COMES OFF ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT, IF YOU'LL APPLIED THAT TO A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.

BUT AGAIN, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE MUCH BIGGER INSTEAD, RIGHT? OF BEING, UH, 8,000 SQUARE FEET, THEY'RE 10 TIMES THAT, 20 TIMES THAT, UH, AND MAYBE HAVE MORE PAVING, SO IT'S A HIGHER FEE THAT THEY PAY.

SO THE FEE IS NOT INSUBSTANTIAL FROM SOME OF OUR LARGER, UH, INDUSTRIAL UH, DEVELOPMENTS.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE FEE.

AND, AND IF I COULD JUST OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY, THE CIP IS, IS ORGANIZED IN PRIORITY ORDER AND THEN SCHEDULED OUT ACCORDING TO THAT PRIORITY ORDER.

THIS IS THE INITIAL PHASE, THE, THE SECOND PHASE, RIGHT? IN A SERIES OF RATE INCREASES MM-HMM .

SO CUTTING BACK THIS EARLY REALLY KIND OF DOESN'T ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, RIGHT? I I, I THINK THE ADJUSTMENT A CIP IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT.

AND AS YOU GET FURTHER OUT AND FURTHER DOWN THE PRIORITY, I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOUR FLEXIBILITY IS MOSTLY.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD SAY WE'RE ASSIGNING THIS $3 TO THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS NEXT YEAR WOULD BE REALLY, WE WOULD TAKE A, A GOOD HARD LOOK SAY, ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE THINGS WE COULD SWITCH AROUND OR PUSH OUT OR, OR HOW IS DEVELOPMENT GOING? AND THEN AS YOU WORK YOUR DAY AND WORK DOWN THE LIST, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE MODE YOU USE AND THE STAFF ALSO SEEKING ANY KIND OF LIKE, UH, GRANT FUNDING TO HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THIS.

WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO GET FUNDING.

AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE A GRANT THAT WE GOT FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY.

IT'S NOT QUITE THIS, BUT IT'S A BIG STUDY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? ONE THING IS THIS BIG PICTURE.

IF WE TAKE OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY RAND US, AND WHERE IS THAT WATER GOING? HOW ARE WE TRYING TO MOVE IT? CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE THE CASE AS WE SEE A GRANT THAT WE COULD GO AFTER FOR SMALLER PROJECTS, WE CERTAINLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCCESS IN SOME REGARDS.

WE DON'T HAVE SUCCESS IN OTHERS.

UM, BUT THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY, RIGHT, IS THAT, THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF THIS, WE, WE DON'T SEE THE POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS.

UM, BUT THIS PAST YEAR, ONE OF THE ONES THAT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTED FOR WAS THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL BETWEEN LOWE'S AND, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO LOWE'S? MOBILE AND MOBILE VILLAGES, RIGHT? MOBILE.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE STANDING ON 35 FRONTAGE ROAD, YOU GOT LOWE'S ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE MOBILE VILLAS, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE RIGHT.

I HAVE STOOD OUT THERE IN THE RAIN IN THE AFTERMATH OF RAIN AS AVAL AND HIS FOLKS WHERE THAT WATER TOPS THAT CHANNEL AT THE END, IT'S RAISED UP AND THEN IT WAS LOWERED AND IT GOES IN AND IT FLOODS OUT.

THE FOLKS LIVING IN NOBLE VILLA, MANY OF WHO'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND SAYING, I, I'M GETTING FLOODED OUT.

THIS ISN'T MY THING.

RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE DID IS THEY EXTENDED THE WALLS FURTHER DOWN TO ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.

THAT'S A THING THAT, THAT BENEFITS PEOPLE DIRECTLY.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T EVER BE FLOODED OUT AGAIN.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T HAVE A BIG EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, HAVING STOOD OUT THERE AND SEEN THE IMPACTS ON, HERE'S A PROJECT THAT WE FELT IS PART OF WHAT WE TRY TO DO AS GOVERNMENT TO, TO FIX THOSE THINGS THAT FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HANDLE THEMSELVES.

SO, OKAY.

SO, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM WATSON, I KNOW EVERYBODY IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT RAISING, BUT I WANTED TO MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26 M 0 3 2.

OKAY, I'LL TAKE YOUR MOTION.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN DOESN'T HAVE A QUESTION.

ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I, I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY COME UP WITH SOME LISTS.

I I THINK I READ THEM EARLIER AND YOU KIND OF PRIORITIZE MM-HMM .

IF WE DON'T ADOPT THIS, IF THIS DOESN'T GET ADOPTED, YOU KNOW, WHAT HARM OR, YOU KNOW,

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IS THERE PROJECTS DUE FOR 26, 27? ARE THERE, ARE THERE, DO YOU HAVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW DUE FOR 26 AND 27 TO BASED OFF THE NEW FEE OR YEAH, WE, WE DO.

THIS WAS, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BUDGET AND WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CIP MM-HMM WE, WE BUILT THIS INTO THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO IF THIS FEE ISN'T APPROVED, WE JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS WAS THE IMPACT OF NOT DOING THAT.

THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO, TO FRANKLY SCALE BACK ON OUR CUT, RIGHT? BE IT OPERATIONAL COSTS OR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO YEAH, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE BANKING ON DOING BASED ON THIS FEE INCREASE.

DOESN'T MEAN COUNCIL CAN'T, BUT IT DOES MEAN WE HAVE TO CHANGE COURSE AND, AND, AND CUT SOME THINGS ESSENTIALLY.

YES, SIR.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, YES.

THE PROJECTS I READ EARLIER ARE FUNDED FROM THIS FEE INCREASE.

STAFF WOULD'VE TO LOOK AT, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THOSE PROJECTS BY CUTTING OPERATIONS OR SOME OF 'EM WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, TO TO DO MANY, UM, OR IF THE FEE'S NOT INCREASED, THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS LOOK AT THAT, THAT, THAT LIST I READ OUT EARLIER AND JUST PAUSE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHAT IS THE PRIOR, WHICH, WHAT IS TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW? WHAT AREA, WHAT DEPART, UM, WHAT AREA ARE WE, IS PRIORITIZED FOR? 26, 27, I THINK, I THINK THE EIGHT THAT I READ EARLIER, THOSE ARE ALL THE ACTIVE PROJECTS.

SO YOU'RE GONNA DO 'EM SIMULTANEOUSLY, YOU'RE GONNA DO 'EM ALL AT SOME POINT.

IS THERE ONE THAT'S LIKE MORE PRIORITY THAN THE OTHERS, OR THEY'RE ALL LIKE, I LISTED THEM IN, IN THE PRIORITY ORDER SUBMITTED BY THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY, SO AT THE FM 78 CHANNEL SIL REMOVAL ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, WAS THE TOP PRIORITY.

AND THEN GO DOWN FROM THERE.

I DIDN'T READ ALL OF THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE CIP FOR DRAINAGE.

THAT $59 MILLION, THOSE WERE JUST THE EIGHT THAT WERE EITHER STARTED OR ABOUT TO START.

YOU WANNA BRING UP, BUT I, I WOULD SAY THIS, RIGHT, COUNCILMAN? I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IF, IF THE DIRECTION WAS, HEY, WE'RE NOT SURE WE WANNA DO THIS, STEPH WOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS AND I THINK WE COULD RANK ORDER THEM.

I THINK THE WENDY SWAN PROBABLY IS THE ONE THAT CLOSER FOR THIS.

THAT'S THE, THAT REALLY IS THE TOP.

WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH, UM, A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THAT.

NOT JUST THE, THE, UM, DRAINAGE ELEMENT OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT'S THE TOP ONE, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AND PRIORITIZE THE OTHERS.

AGAIN, I, I DON'T MEAN TO IMPLY, RIGHT? I WANNA BE REAL CLEAR.

WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS EVERY YEAR, ALL THE TIME WITH WHAT CAN WE AFFORD? HOW FAST CAN WE AFFORD TO DO IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN PUSH STUFF.

SO THERE'S AN IMPLICATION TO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, YEAH.

AND I KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, US DISCUSSING THROUGH THE BUDGET, I KNOW THERE'S SOME UNKNOWN REVENUES THAT ARE POTENTIAL FOR 26 THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW BUSINESSES, THAT INFRASTRUCTURES THAT ARE COMING ON, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS COMING ON AS WELL.

SO THERE MIGHT BE NEW REVENUE COMING IN THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW MUCH THAT WE'RE GONNA GET, BUT POTENTIALLY THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE.

YOU COULD, YEAH.

I MEAN, AND THAT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS, RIGHT? IT'S THIS QUESTION OF DO YOU WANT TO BANK ON THAT COMING IN AND NOT GOING UP ON THE FEE? WELL, BUT, BUT OUR RATE STUDY DOES ACCOUNT FOR GROWTH AND IT DOES PROJECT GROWTH.

AND WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE THERE IS THAT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACING THE PROJECTION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RATE STUDY.

SO I WANT TO ASK JAMES TO BRING THIS UP SO YOU COULD SEE KIND OF HOW THE DRAINAGE CIP LAYS OUT IN THE $59 MILLION IN PROJECTS.

I GOT IT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WELL, I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY AM MAYOR PRO TIM WATSON.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND.

BY AM MAYOR PRO.

UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CASH YOUR VOTES PLEASE? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED HAVING FIVE YAYS? ONE NAY.

IT'S GONNA BE ORDINANCE 26 DASH S DASH 0 1 9.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

[11. Ordinance 26-S-019 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consider a request to approve a Specific Use Permit to allow for Automobile Repairs and Service, Major on approximately 1.19 acres of land, generally located 1,200 feet southeast of the intersection of FM 3009 and Borgfeld Rd., also known as Guadalupe County Property Identification Number 67644, City of Schertz, Texas (Deputy City Manager Brian James)]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE.

MAJOR, UH, MAJOR ON APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT 19 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED 1200 1200 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 3 0 0 9 AND BORG PHIL ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 6 7 6 4 4 CITY OF CHURCH, TEXAS.

WITH US, WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MR. BRIAN JAMES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND COUNSEL AGAIN, YOU'RE GETTING ME TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR PLANNING STAFF, UH, IS AT THE TEXAS A PA CONFERENCE

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AND THEY, THEY PROBABLY, AGAINST THEIR BETTER JUDGMENT, UH, TRUSTED THAT I COULD, UM, HANDLE THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

IT IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT AS YOU SEE, I FAILED TO LOAD UP MY POWERPOINT SEPARATELY AND HAVING TO GO PULL THE AGENDA ITEM UP.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A, A REQUEST FOR AN SUPA SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICE MAJOR.

OUR UDC.

THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS TWO CATEGORIES OF AUTO REPAIR, MINOR AND MAJOR.

MINOR IS VERY, VERY MINOR.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY KIND OF OIL CHANGES, WIPER BLADE CHANGES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

MAJOR IS EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE WAY OUT FROM A, A TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL TO, UH, BODY WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS SET UP.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

UH, IT'S ON, UH, THE EAST SIDE OF FM 3 0 0 9 SOUTH OF BORG FELD.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE EXISTING ZONING IS GB GENERAL BUSINESS.

GENERALLY THE ZONING AROUND IT IS GENERAL BUSINESS AS WELL.

UM, AGAIN, HERE'S THE PROPERTY WE SENT OUT.

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES OUR ZONING SIGN WILL BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.

WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR, UH, NONE NEUTRAL AND NONE OPPOSED.

UH, BUT AGAIN, AS I INDICATED, THE UDC REQUIRES AN SUP FOR AUTO REPAIRS MAJOR IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND THAT SUP HAS ALLOWED COUNSEL TO MAKE A DISCRETIONARY DECISION, UM, ONTO WHETHER THIS IS APPROPRIATE OR NOT APPROPRIATE IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION AS IT'S PROPOSED.

UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE LAYOUT, JUST TO GET A FEEL OF HOW THEY'VE INDICATED THEY THINK THIS, THIS MAY BE LAID OUT.

UM, THE UDC PROVIDES CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.

THIS, THIS PRESENTATION'S IN YOUR PACKET, FOLKS CAN GO LOOK AT IT.

UH, BUT ONE IS YOU LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND YOU PLAN, IT HAS THE AREA DESIGNATED AS LOCAL CORRIDOR.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF USES ON MEDIUM OR HIGH VOLUME ROAD VOLUME ROADS.

UM, SO IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE? IS THE PROPOSED USE CON COMPATIBLE WITH AND PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA? WILL THE PROPOSED USE, UH, ADVERSELY AFFECT THE OVERALL HEALTH, SAFETY WELFARE OF THE CITY OR NOT? UH, WHETHER OTHER FACTORS ARE DEEMED RELEVANT THAT MAY BE THERE, UM, AFTER EVALUATING THOSE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUP, BUT THE SUP ALLOWS YOU TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS.

SO ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS IS THAT THE FOLLOWING USES ARE NOT PERMITTED WRECKER OR TOWING SERVICE WITH ONSITE STORAGE OF VEHICLES, COLLISION SERVICES INCLUDING BODY FRAME, FENDER STRAIGHTENING OR REPAIR, CUSTOMIZING OR PAINTING VEHICLE, STEAM CLEANING INSURANCE ESTIMATE WITH ONSITE STORAGE UNDERCOATING OR ROUGH PROOF RUST PROOFING OR OTHER SIMILAR USES, UH, BE ALLOWED ONSITE.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS BASICALLY SAID, LET'S TAKE THOSE MOST INTENSIVE USES.

WE WON'T ALLOW THEM.

THE APPLICANT IS FINE WITH THAT.

THEY JUST NEED SOME OF THESE USES THAT EXCEED THE MINOR REPAIR.

UH, BUT DON'T GET INTO THESE REALLY NOISY, REALLY INTENSIVE THINGS THAT TEND TO REQUIRE AS MUCH SORT OF STORAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, OUR TYPICAL, UH, CONDITION THAT A BUILDING PERMIT BE WITHIN THREE YEARS OF APPROVAL AT THE SUP.

RIGHT? SO IF THEY WANNA DO THIS, GO AHEAD AND DO IT, BUT IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING, TIMES MAY CHANGE.

THINGS MAY CHANGE 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE, HOW THINGS MAY ALTER, MAY NOT BE.

SO THAT'S THE CONDITION.

UM, AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING, UH, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF IT, UH, GOING FORWARD.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION.

UH, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT? ALRIGHT, WELL, AT THIS TIME I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AT 8 0 9.

DO I HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO COME UP TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT? HAVING NONE GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, GOING THREE TIMES.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8 0 9 AT THIS TIME.

I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL.

WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS HAVE, HAVE WE, UH, COORDINATED THIS WITH TXDOT OR LOOKED AT THIS WITH REGARDS TO THE THREE DOUBLE NINE FLY OVER.

TXDOT IS AWARE OF THIS.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIP I BELIEVE OFF THIS, BUT IT'S RELATIVELY MINOR THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TDOT NEEDS TO DO.

AND AGAIN, IN SOME POINT THEY NEED TO DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ON THIS TO NOT IMPACT THE PROPERTY OWNER.

BUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS ONE THAT STAFF FORESEES NO PROBLEM.

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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, ARE THE PLANS CONTINGENT AT ALL WITH THE OVERPASS BEING DONE OR NOT DONE, OR THEY COMMITTED EITHER WAY? I, I DON'T KNOW.

TXDOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS.

TXDOT IS, AS WE UNDERSTAND, PLANNING TO DO A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, LATER TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

UH, CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD, AS WE CAN, LEMME SAY THIS, I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN COMMUNICATIONS TO LET THE APPLICANT KNOW.

I CAN MAKE SURE THAT STAFF DOES THAT AND GOES BACK AND COMMUNICATES THAT.

UH, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE, UH, THE OVERPASS PLAN, THE, THE GRADE SEPARATED CROSSING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT CANCEL? THERE ARE NO, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? NO.

MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALRIGHT, I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIMM WATSON.

CAN I GET EVERYBODY CASH? A VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE? HAVING SIX YAYS, NO NAYS.

ITEM 12 SEPTEMBER, 2026, QUARTERLY STREETS UPDATE.

THANK YOU, MR. JAMES.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR WORKSHOP.

[12. September 2026 Quarterly Streets Update (Assistant City Engineer John Nowak)]

WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JOHN NOAC, STREET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, ROBERT MARTINEZ.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS AND CITY STAFF.

WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON? JOHN MESSED UP THE COMPUTER BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A JOKE TO TELL BEFORE HIM.

SO, UH, I'M GONNA LET HIM HANDLE THAT FOR ME, .

BUT I AM GONNA COVER TODAY, UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS BEGINNING FROM THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1ST, UH, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE GET THE SLIDE UP, SEE SOME OF OUR RESULTS THAT WE TRACK ON OUR STREET MAINTENANCE DASHBOARD.

NUMBER ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BIGGEST ONE IS POTHOLES.

BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH POTHOLES.

UM, WE'VE GOT A NEW PROGRAM IN PLACE WORKING ON POTHOLES, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER PARTS OF OUR CITIES.

UH, GREAT TOWN ROAD, MASKY ROAD, ESPECIALLY, UM, STEIN ROAD, AREAS LIKE THAT.

UM, BIGGEST, UH, STREET WE'RE WORKING ON IS LOWER SEIN BEHIND RANDOLPH.

FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE TRAVELED THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT RAINS, MR. WILLIAMS CALLS US BECAUSE HE TELLS ME THERE'S A POTHOLE THERE.

AND, UH, SO WE FOCUS ON CERTAIN AREAS, AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN YOUR, IN THE DASHBOARD THERE WHEN YOU CLICK ONTO THE COLOR, UH, NOTATIONS, UH, WE'LL TELL YOU THE POTHOLES, UM, AND WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE LOCATION.

SO, IN SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE GO AND REPAIR A POTHOLE, UH, WE FIND IT DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT IS ALREADY DETERIORATED AND TRYING TO CUT IT AND KEEP IT SQUARED, THAT A POTHOLE IS GONE FROM A ONE BY ONE TO A FIVE BY FIVE AREA BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE ASPHALT.

BUT WE CONTINUE TO PATCH 'EM ON AND MOVE FORWARD IS NECESSARY.

SORRY.

UH, YOU'LL SEE OTHER STREET ISSUES, UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, REPAIRS TO THE ROADWAYS, UM, WATER CUTOUTS WHERE WE'VE GONE IN AFTER THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND REPAIRED THE PAVEMENT, UH, WHERE THEY'VE HAD TO DIG INTO THE STREET, UH, SIDEWALK ISSUES.

AND THEN OTHER ISSUES, UH, AS WELL THAT ARE OTHER CALLS THAT WE GET, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, RELATED TO STREET RELATED ISSUES.

AND IT TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON OUR SIDEWALK INVENTORY DASHBOARD.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, PRETTY HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

UH, WE'VE TRIED TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM TO WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS A SIDEWALK THAT'S IN NEED OF REPAIR, WHETHER IT COMES ON OUR THREE ONE ONE, WHETHER WE GET

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A PHONE CALL, UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, UH, ON-CALL CONTRACTOR TO, UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED A REALLY BIG LIST TO THEM.

UM, AND THEN GOING OUT THERE AND, AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY, UH, WHICH SIDEWALKS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE, UM, WE'VE DONE A SEVERITY, UH, LISTING, UH, TO DETERMINE WHAT IS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO IN THERE AND JUST DO A QUICK MINOR REPAIR, TEMPORARY? OR IS THE SEVERITY WHERE IT'S A LARGE CRACK OR A DIP OR A SEPARATION? UH, IN MANY CASES IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WE TRY TO, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, GROWN TREES, VEGETATION, YOU'LL SEE THE ROOTS THAT HAVE PROTRUDED UNDER THESE SIDEWALKS.

THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS GO IN THERE AND, AND DESTROY A TREE JUST TO REPLACE A SIDEWALK.

SO WE TAKE REAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, WE ACTUALLY TALK WITH THE HOMEOWNER.

UM, WE HAVE THE HOMEOWNER KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING AN ARBORIST TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE CUT THAT ROUTE TO PLACE A PIECE OF CONCRETE IN THERE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO INJURE THIS TREE.

SO WE TAKE REAL GOOD CARE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DAMAGING ANY PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY.

SO, UH, IF IT IS IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, WE TAKE THE SAME PRECAUTION AS WELL TOO.

SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE INVENTORY DASHBOARD, UH, THE GREEN IS COMPLIANT.

UH, COMPLIANT CAN MEAN MANY THINGS, UH, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THEY ARE, UH, MUCH UPGRADED, UH, SIDEWALKS.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE SUBDIVISIONS, MOST OF 'EM ARE IN THE NEWER SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN BUILT.

AND THEN RED IS WHERE WE HAVE MISSING.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN THAT AREA, IN THE AVIATION HEIGHTS, THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WHERE SIDEWALKS AT ONE TIME WERE ONLY BUILT ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, THEY DIDN'T DOUBLE UP ON SIDEWALKS ON THOSE.

UM, AND THEN THE YELLOW IS NON-COMPLIANT.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU, BE CAUTIOUS ON NON-COMPLIANT.

'CAUSE NON-COMPLIANT COULD MEAN A LOT OF THINGS, UH, NOT BEING THE FIVE TO SIX FOOT, UH, NOT HAVING TO CORRECT A DA RAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, WE'VE JUST WENT OUT AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY A LOT OF THOSE AREAS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, DONE A LOT OF PAINTING.

WE'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE TS A COMMITTEE FOR SPEED HUMPS BECAUSE OF SPEEDING ISSUES THROUGHOUT SUBDIVISIONS, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED, UH, CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE OLD SPEED HUMPS THAT WE'VE HAD CURRENTLY IN THE CITY THAT ARE DETERIORATED.

UH, FORTUNATELY WHEN WE DO THAT PROCESS, WE, WE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE SAME SPOT.

WE HAVE TO MOVE IT OVER BECAUSE YOU CANNOT REUSE THE SAME HOLES THAT YOU'RE INSTALLING A NEW SPEED HUB ON.

SO, UM, FOUND A MANUFACTURER THAT CAN GET US SPEED HUMPS PRETTY QUICKLY.

I KNOW, UH, WITH T SAC, THEY WERE A LITTLE UP CONCERNED BECAUSE IT TOOK US A WHILE AT ONE POINT TO GET SPEED HUMPS IN.

BUT WE, WE SOLVED THAT ISSUE.

UM, AGAIN, WITH POTHOLES, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE DONE A 1,038 IN THIS LAST QUARTER.

UH, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE MATERIAL WE USE, UH, THE UPM MATERIAL, UM, WHICH STANDS FOR A UNIQUE PAVEMENT MATERIAL.

UM, IT'S A PRODUCT THAT'S MIXED HEAVILY WITH SOME EMULSION.

UH, IT CAN WITHSTAND THE WEATHER, AND WE CAN TAKE THAT MATERIAL.

WE USE IT ONLY IN EMERGENCY SERVICE.

UH, EMERGENCY TIMES WHEN WE HAVE A SERIOUS POTHOLE WHILE IT'S RAINING BECAUSE WE CAN APPLY THIS MATERIAL INTO A POTHOLE THAT ACTUALLY HAS WATER IN IT.

IT ACTUALLY PUSHES THE WATER OUT.

WE CAN COMPACT IT AND IT WILL STAY VERSUS IF WE PUT ANY OTHER TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT MAY BLOW OUT AGAIN WITH TRAFFIC.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ASPHALT HOT MIX.

WE'VE USED, UH, TOTAL ALMOST 70 TONS.

UM, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT OUR GREAT COUNCIL HERE APPROVED OUR POTHOLE PATCH TRUCK, AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT TRUCK 'CAUSE UH, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE MATERIAL FRESH AND HOT.

UH, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT AREN'T AWARE, WE GET THAT MATERIAL OUT OF THE PLANT AT ABOUT 300 SOMETHING DEGREES WHEN IT COMES HERE.

SO DURING THE SUMMER, THESE GUYS ARE REALLY, THEY DON'T WANNA BE ON PAT POTTO PATCH TRUCK, BUT THEY HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONED TRUCK NOW, AND IT'S MUCH SIMPLER FOR THEM.

SO, UM, AND IT, AND IT GETS US AROUND THE TOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE MATERIAL GETTING COLD AND THEN THROWING OUT HARD MATERIAL.

WE'VE APPROACHED OUR CRACK CEILING SEASON.

UH, I, I DIDN'T MAKE A PROMISE TO MY DIRECTOR, BUT I DID TELL HIM WE WERE GONNA HIT THAT 30 SOMETHING MILES THIS YEAR.

SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL WE'VE USED FOR CRACK CEILING STREETS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I I WILL MENTION TO YOU IS THAT

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YOU SEE HOW WE DO SOME PAINTING ON THE SLIDE.

IF WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO A STREET, A CERTAIN STREET, THE FULL LENGTH OF THE STREET, WE'LL TRY TO GET IN THERE AND CRACK SEAL THAT AREA FIRST BEFORE WE GO AND PAINT.

THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS GO PAINT A ROAD AND THEN GO BACK AND CRACK SEAL.

AND THEY'VE CRACK SEALED OVER THE FRESH PAINT THAT WE JUST PUT DOWN.

SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE THANKFUL THAT COUNCIL HAS, UH, PROVIDED US WITH A A THERMAL MACHINE AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TRAINING, AND PRETTY SOON YOU'LL START SEEING INSTEAD OF THE PR THE THE PAINT DOWN, WE'LL START USING A THERMAL MATERIAL THAT LASTS MUCH LONGER AND, UH, PROBABLY HAS ABOUT A THREE TO FOUR YEAR LIFE ON THAT MATERIAL VERSUS THE PAINT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW WE PAINT DURING THE SUMMER, A WEEK LATER, THE TRAFFIC IS MADE IT BLACK AGAIN.

SO WITH THE THERMAL MATERIAL, IT'S GOT A LONGER LIFE AND WE CAN ACTUALLY GO IN THERE AND CLEAN THAT MATERIAL WITH, UH, PRESSURE WASHER AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.

SO, UM, WE TRY TO PAINT EVERY YEAR, ALL THE CROSSWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, THOSE ARE OUR PRIORITY RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

SO YOU'LL SEE OUR CREWS OUT THERE, ELBOW, UM, SAVANNAH STEIN ROAD, UM, EVERYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL, CURTIS, WE TRY TO GET OUT TO EVERY CROSSWALK AND PAINT, UH, FOR THE CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR SAFETY.

ANOTHER THING WE DO, WE STARTED THE PROGRAM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, IS, UH, OUR SIGN SHOP GOES OUT AND WE DETERMINE IN THE OLDER SUBDIVISIONS, UM, WHERE THE SIGN IS FADED, UM, SIGNS, UM, THEY HAVE A LIFE OF ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, BUT IN SOME CASES WE STILL HAVE SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE THE OLDER OUT OF M-U-T-C-D DATED, UH, POSTS SETTINGS IN THERE.

SO, UH, AS YOU COULD SEE, WE'VE GONE IN THIS PAST QUARTER, THE PARKLANDS, UH, VILLAGE UNIT TWO, UH, GREENFIELD VILLAGE, UNIT ONE AND TWO.

AND WE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED, UM, THE OLD SHIRTS, THE HERITAGE SIGNING, AND WE'VE CHANGED THEM ALL OUT WITH NEW FOOTINGS, MUTC BASES.

UM, THE PRIORITY THERE IS THAT IF A VEHICLE HITS IT, IT BENDS THE SIGN.

WE ARE ABLE TO GO IN AND BEND IT OUT, RE STRAIGHTEN IT, REPLACE THE POLE, AND THE SIGNS UP WITHIN SEVERAL HOURS.

UH, THERE ARE CASES WHERE, UH, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT A NEW FOOTING DEPENDING ON WHAT HA WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT SIGN.

SO, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH THAT PROGRAM.

UM, WE JUST FINISHED, WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PUT ON THE SLIDE.

IS THE SUBDIVISION OFF OF CHELSEA AND NORTH CLIFF FAIR FAIRWAYS FAIRWAYS RIDGE, I BELIEVE IT IS.

WE WENT OUT THERE, WE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT, UH, THE SIGNS WERE FADED.

WELL, NOT ONLY WERE THEY WERE FADED, THEY WERE PEELING AND THEY WERE FALLING APART.

SO WE JUST COMPLETED THAT.

IT JUST DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PUT IT ON THE SLIDE.

UH, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WE'VE COMPLETED A 10 NEW, UH, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING IN, UH, SEDONA, WHICH IS NOW CROSSLINE SUBDIVISION.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE OLDER PART OF SEDONA.

UH, WE ADDED ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING AT THE REQUEST, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE POOR LIGHTING CONDITIONS OUT THERE.

SO WE WORKED WITH HARD WITH CPS.

IT TOOK OVER A YEAR TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING.

CPS DOES NOT GET ON THE BALL, UH, VERY QUICK.

SO A LOT OF EMAILS, UH, A LOT OF COORDINATION AND PLANNING FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS FINALLY COMPLETED.

UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER NOTABLE PROJECTS.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THE SPEED HUMP ON, UH, RHINE VALLEY.

UH, WE'VE INSTALLED FOUR, UM, SPEED HUMPS ON MULHOUSE DRIVE.

WE ALSO DID SOME, UH, I THINK WE COVERED IT LAST TIME, SOME BULB OUTS ON ALSATION WAY WHERE WE WERE HAVING SOME VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS PULLING OUT TO THE STOP SIGN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE WAY THE ROAD WAS DESIGNED.

SO THOSE WORKED OUT VERY WELL.

WE'VE HAD NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS, UH, SINCE WE PUT, UM, THOSE BULB OUTS IN THERE.

WE ALSO WENT INTO THE OAK FOREST, UH, SUBDIVISION, UH, WHERE WE WERE HAVING SOME SPEEDING ISSUES.

AND, AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT GOT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION BECAUSE WE GET MORE PHONE CALLS NOW ABOUT THE SPEED HUMPS IN THAT SUBDIVISION.

SO I THINK IT SLOWED SOME OF THE TRAFFIC DOWN IN THERE, UH, CROSS VINE AND HOLLERING VINE.

FOR THOSE OF THAT, KNOW THAT A LOT OF CHILDREN, WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY KIDS, UH, ACTUALLY CUT THROUGH THE CROSS FINE AREA TO ATTEND THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S THERE OFF OF 1518.

I WAS NEVER AWARE THAT THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A CROSSING THROUGH THERE AND A CROSS TWO CROSSINGS TO GET TO A

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TRAIL THAT LEADS TO THE BACK OF THAT SCHOOL.

AND, UH, THE PARENT APPROACHED ME AND TOOK ME BACK THERE.

AND I SEE THIS SEA OF BICYCLES WHERE THE KIDS WERE PARKING THEIR BIKES TO GO TO THE SCHOOL THERE.

SO, UM, BECAUSE OF, UH, TRAFFIC ISSUES, WE INSTALLED, UH, A COUPLE OF SPEED HUMPS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN THERE ON, ON THE MAIN DRIVE, WHICH IS HOLLERING VOLUME.

UH, CYPRESS POINT AS WELL.

UH, WE HAD SOME SPEEDING ISSUES ON THE MAIN DRAG ON CYPRESS POINT.

WE INSTALLED THREE, UH, RECENTLY, THREE SPEED HUMPS.

AND THEN JONAS WOODS WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE, UM, WE HAD AN OLDER MODEL SPEED HUMP THAT KEPT COMING APART.

WE RECENTLY TOOK IT OUT, UM, AND WE RECENTLY PUT IT BACK IN.

WE REPLACED IT, UH, A COUPLE OTHER BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

UH, AT THE REQUEST OF A TS A COMMITTEE, WE DID SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON HUBERTUS ROAD FOR THE SCHOOLS.

UH, WE ACTUALLY DID A PROJECT ON THE SIDE OF, UH, THE CREDIT UNION.

WE ADDED THE, WHERE TEXTILE LEFT OFF, WE ADDED THE SIDEWALK TO THE ENTRANCE BACK ENTRANCE OF, UM, RANDOLPH BROOKS CREDIT UNION.

AND WE ADDED A DA RAMPS ON BOTH SIDES.

SO FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FROM THE CREDIT UNION, UH, BACK ENTRY ALL THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL AS SOON AS WE WORKED WITH JOHN ON GETTING ACQUISITION AND RIGHT OF WAY OVER THERE.

WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.

THAT'S A, AN ON ONGOING PROJECT.

WE ALSO WENT ACROSS THE STREET, UH, ON HUBERTUS TO CONNECT THE SCHOOL SIDEWALK FOR THE ELEMENTARY TO THE GAS STATION THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

I BELIEVE IT'S, UM, UT THANKS.

SORRY.

THEY'RE SO, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

UH, WE, WE COMPLETED THAT PROJECT AS WELL.

UH, WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DRESSING UP TO DO ON THE, UH, CREDIT UNION SIDE, A LITTLE BIT OF SOIL TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE FOR THEM.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD.

WE GOT THE APPROVAL WITH THE RAILROAD FOR THE MARKINGS ON THE, ON SHIRTZ PARKWAY IN RANDOLPH AVENUE.

UH, WE'LL BE DOING THAT PROJECT IN-HOUSE.

UM, WE REACHED OUT TO THE RAILROAD.

UH, IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE APPROVAL AND GET THE, UH, UH, WE HAD TO CREATE A MAP FOR THEM.

WE HAD TO CREATE A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN.

AND WITH THE HELP OF ENGINEERING, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT AND SENTED IN.

AND, UH, WE GOT THE APPROVAL.

SO WE HAVE A PENDING DATE ON THAT TO COMPLETE THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS, WE STILL HAVE A BIG FOURTH QUARTER LIST THAT WE'RE WAITING PENDING A START DATE FROM THE CONTRACTOR, UM, TO COMPLETE A LOT OF THESE SIDEWALKS WE HAVE.

UH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ON THAT LAST PAGE, THE SIDEWALK ISSUE SEVERITY INDEX.

YOU'LL SEE HOW WE BASE THE, THE REPAIR PROCESS.

UM, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR SIDEWALKS.

SO WE HAD TO DETERMINE WHAT SIDEWALK IS MOST IMPORTANT.

OBVIOUSLY THEY ALL ARE BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT IS ANYBODY TO GET INJURED OR HURT OUT THERE.

SO WE CREATED THIS SEVERITY INDEX.

UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS IF IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO GO OUT, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND REPAIR IMMEDIATELY, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WAIT AND PUT IT ON THE LIST FOR FUTURE REPAIRS? AND THAT'S HOW WE BASE OUR SEVERITY.

AND ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? WE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO.

SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS LIKE THE ULTIMATE PLAN? BECAUSE I MEAN, I, I'VE GONE TO, I MEAN, YOU GO TO AVIATION HEIGHTS, YOU GO TO UH, UH, RYAN VALLEY AND, AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE UNEVEN SIDEWALKS.

UH, THERE'S SIDEWALKS MISSING IN, IN OAK FOREST, UH, BELMONT PARK ON BELMONT PARKWAY.

THERE'S, UH, A SIDEWALK GOING NORTH ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEET LONG.

IT'S JUST AT A DIP.

AND THAT'S A BIG SAFETY VIOLATION.

IF SOMEBODY'S, SOMEBODY HANDICAPPED IS GOING, IS DRIVING RIGHT THROUGH THERE, THEY MATTER OF FACT, THEY, THEY TAKE THE STREET BECAUSE THE DIP IS JUST SO, YES.

UM, THE DEPTH IS JUST SO, SO INWARD.

SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE PLAN TO FIX ALL THESE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY? WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE, AGAIN, WE'VE CREATED A LIST ON PRIORITIES.

SO, UM, THIS YEAR WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE BUDGETED, WE'RE GOING BACK TO LOOK AT SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN ALREADY, SOME THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET INTO EACH SUBDIVISION, DO SOME SORT OF REPAIR SO WE CAN SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT HEY, WE KNOW THEY'RE THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

UM,

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ANYTHING REALLY BIG OUT OF OUR HANDS TO WORK ON, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTRACTING AT WITH OUR ON-CALL CONTRACTOR.

UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL.

UM, WE WENT TO THE CITY OF CONVERSE AND WE REVIEWED A, UM, IT'S A FOAM, UH, MATERIAL THAT THEY PUT ON THERE.

UH, I DON'T THINK IT WORKS.

I, TO ME THAT'S NOT, THEY COULDN'T ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD IS HOW LONG DOES IT LAST? UH, WHAT IF THE SOIL'S NOT REACTING TO THAT FOAM? IT JUST, TO ME, FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY PUT INTO IT, THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE SAVED MONEY BY CUTTING IT OUT AND JUST REPLACING IT.

SO IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE WISE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTRICTED WITH FUNDING ON THAT PART.

IF I MAY, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, SO WE, WE KIND OF STARTED THIS YEAR.

WE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT.

WE HAVE, UH, THE ONGOING FUNDING.

UH, IT'S ABOUT $94,500 A YEAR FOR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, HAS SOME OTHER CONTRACTUAL STUFF.

UM, LAST YEAR YOU HAD THE ONE TIME, UH, IT WAS THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS KIND OF THE, WITH THE, THE GOAL OF FILLING IN SOME GAPS, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, WE GOT STARTED ON THAT WITH THE HUBERTS ROAD GAPS.

UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE DIDN'T GET ALL THAT, UH, PROJECT COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE WERE WAITING ON WAITING ON THE ACQUISITION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, SO SEPARATELY FROM THAT, BUT THE, THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT, UH, WE HAVE THAT MONEY SET ASIDE EVERY YEAR.

UH, LAST YEAR WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH THE GOAL OF, UH, JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE HOTSPOT AREAS.

WE HAD A VERY OLD LIST STUFF THAT WAS FROM A LONG TIME AGO.

SO WE, WE STARTED ANEW, UH, FOR THE MOST PART.

UH, AND THEN WE JUST WERE, WE'RE SEEING IF WE COULD KEEP UP WITH THE, UH, COMPLAINTS COMING IN.

HONESTLY, AS YOU SAID, YOU CAN GO ALL OVER THE CITY, YOU CAN FIND THIS STUFF, RIGHT? WE HAVE EXPANSIVE SOILS.

THEY SHIFT ALL THE TIME.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS JUST, HEY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE SEVERE, HIGH AND MEDIUM, UH, THAT, UH, THAT FOLKS CALL IN.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THEM AND THEIR DAILY WALK.

IT'S NEXT TO THEIR, THEIR HOUSE, THEIR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, WHATEVER.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED WITH.

WE HAD SOME STRUGGLES THIS YEAR WITH OUR, OUR CONTRACTING.

WE HAVE TWO ON-CALL CONTRACTORS.

UM, ONE OF THOSE ON-CALL CONTRACTORS HAS, UM, JUST REFUSED TO DO THE WORK UNDER IT.

I I THINK THEY HAD A DIFFERENT, UH, EXPECTATION FROM THE RFP OF HOW THE COSTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH.

AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO OUR REQUEST TO GET THESE, UH, PROJECTS DONE.

UH, AND SO THE OTHER ON-CALL CONTRACTOR THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP MOVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THEY'RE WORKING ALL OVER THE PLACE, RIGHT? AND SO AS WE GET 'EM HERE, WE, WE TRY TO KEEP 'EM HERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UH, AND THEN OUR GOAL WAS TO EVERY QUARTER WE WERE GONNA CAPTURE THOSE CONTRACT.

WE WERE GONNA, UH, VERIFY THE QUANTITIES WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN GET 'EM MOVING ON THAT PROJECT, RIGHT? WE JUST DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE CONTRACTOR, UH, IN OUR AREA.

AND THEN, SO WE'RE WORKING ON CATCHING UP FROM THAT, RIGHT? AND SO WE GOT QUARTER ONE DONE, GOT PART OF QUARTER TWO, DONE, UH, THE REST OF QUARTER TWO AND QUARTER THREE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN APPENDING PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT WE RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO KIND OF GET 'EM BACK ON BOARD.

THEY WERE READY TO START WORK.

THEY'RE DOING SOME OTHER WORK RELATED TO T SAC ISSUES, AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET THESE REPAIR PROJECTS DONE.

AND SO THEY WERE READY TO GO.

UH, WE GOT TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE KIND OF JUST, IT WOULD'VE BEEN, WE WOULD'VE GONE OVER THE NOT TO EXCEED FOR THE YEAR, UH, FRANKLY.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY DOING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO, UH, TACKLE THAT LAST PROJECT, PULL IT FROM FUNDING LAST YEAR SO WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE WOULD DO QUARTER FOUR AND START A NEW THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE, WE TOOK THIS YEAR TO HOPEFULLY JUST KIND OF RESET AND SEE, HEY, LET'S, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THAT THAT COME IN.

UH, WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE 'CAUSE OF HOW OUR CONTRACTORS WORKING.

AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THE NEXT WE CAN, WE CAN SEE HOW WE ARE IN THE NEXT COUPLE QUARTERS.

WE CAN COME BACK WITH THESE PRESENTATIONS AND SAY, WE'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR INTO THAT IN OUR FUNDING FOR THE YEAR.

RIGHT? AND SO WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE SHORT, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH IT.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, MAYBE MID-YEAR KIND OF COME BACK AT ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE GOAL THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE.

WE'VE HAD THIS FUNDING FOR A WHILE AND, OR HEY, WE, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE SHORT.

WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH WHAT WE CAN.

UH, BUT, BUT WE UNDERSTAND SOME MORE.

AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE HAD THE, THE SIDEWALK DASHBOARD, RIGHT? AND KIND OF THE GOAL OF THAT WAS TO IDENTIFY THE GAPS, RIGHT? THAT WAS A, A BIG THING LAST YEAR OF HAVE A LOT OF GAPS IN THE AREAS.

HOW ARE WE GONNA, HOW ARE WE GONNA KEEP UP WITH THAT, RIGHT? AND, AND AGAIN, WE HAD THE ONE TIME FUNDING, BUT, UM, SO KIND OF GOT THE MAP PUT TOGETHER, RIGHT? BUT THE MONEY WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS

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ARE WHAT THIS LAST BIG, BIG PROJECT AND QUARTER FOUR THAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN PRETTY WELL ADEQUATELY FUNDED TO KEEP UP WITH THE, THE COMPLAINTS COMING IN AND THE HOTSPOT AREAS, RIGHT? AND NOT NECESSARILY FILL IN GAPS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR GAPS.

UH, NOW WE CAN CERTAINLY PRIORITIZE WHICH ONE WE WANT TO DO AS WE GO FORWARD.

UH, AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING TO, WE HAVE A NEW, UM, WE DID, UH, WE HAVE A NEW ON-CALL CONCRETE SERVICES CONTRACT OUT RIGHT NOW.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL VENDORS ARE ARE DIFFERENT VENDORS ON BOARD.

SO WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS.

WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE BUSIER A LITTLE MORE, AND THEN WE CAN KEEP UP WITH OUR GOAL OF THAT KIND OF QUARTERLY TACKLING IN THOSE AREAS.

SO, LONG EXPLANATION.

APOLOGIZE, WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE THIS YEAR.

UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, SIX MONTHS OR SO WE CAN, WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE FOR THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE NEW CONTRACTORS ON BOARD.

WE GOT THOSE PROJECTS ROLLING AT THE TIMEFRAME WE WANT TO GET THEM DONE.

AND SO AS, AS THOSE COMPLAINTS COME IN, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 90 DAY RESPONSE TIME MAX, RIGHT? UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, IF YOU CAME IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER, INSTEAD OF WE'RE SITTING HERE SIX MONTHS LATER TRYING TO GET A CONTRACT ON BOARD, WE, WE STRUGGLE WITH IT A LOT, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

UM, SO WE HAVE THESE TWO CONTRACTORS ON BOARD, ACTUALLY THE SAME ONES WE HAD ON BOARD BEFORE AND THEN WE HAD OTHER CONTRACTORS WORK WITH.

BUT IF WE DON'T, UM, ENOUGH GUARANTEED WORK FOR 'EM, THEN THEY DON'T PROVIDE BIDS FOR US, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO GO THE ON-CALL CONTRACT ROUTE.

UH, BUT THEN WE PICK A COUPLE OF 'EM.

WE HOPE IT WORKED OUT AND IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT LAST TIME, UH, WITH BOTH OF THEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN AGAIN.

UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATION OUTSTANDING WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.

UH, I KNOW FOR ME, I GET A LOT OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU GUYS GET.

I, I KNOW I GET, UH, I GET A LOT OF RESIDENTS COMING UP TO ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ROAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE GONNA FIX THIS ROAD AND WE FIX THAT ROAD, ET CETERA.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF JUST COMMENT REAL QUICK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, THE MARVEL PROJECT ROAD MANAGEMENT SHIRTS KIND OF ORDEAL HERE.

SO I HOPE THAT, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, MONTH OR SO, THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN GET YOU, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING THAT YOU NEED, THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET OUR ROADS INTO, I'M, I'M TIRED OF FOLKS COMPARING US FROM ONE CITY TO OTHER CITY.

I, I DON'T CARE.

I WANT, YOU KNOW, FOR US, I, I'M LOOKING FOR US TO, TO HIT THOSE ROADS AND, AND TRY TO GET 'EM TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S ADEQUATE, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND GIVE YOU THE ADEQUATE TOOLS AND NECESSARY RESOURCES TO GET THERE.

SO, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO START, IT'S, IT'S TIME FOR US TO START THAT PROJECT.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TO REALLY HIT THESE ROADS HARD.

MAYBE YOU COULD CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN.

MAYBE MARVEL PROJECT, WELL, I'M, I'M BEING FACETIOUS THERE, BUT, UH, BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS BE MORE AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND GETTING THESE ROADS, YOU KNOW, UM, WORKING ON THESE ROADS AND GETTING LOWERS, GETTING THE MASK.

I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE, I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE LIST.

I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE LIST.

BUT, UH, JUST, UM, I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

UM, AND I JUST WANT US TO BE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED IN TRYING TO GET THESE ROADS TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK, UH, I WILL SAY COUNCILMAN, I THINK THERE IS AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF FOCUS YEAH.

ON NOT JUST THE ROADS, BUT THE WATER LINES.

OH YEAH.

THE SEWER LINES, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMENTS, ALL OF WHICH WE GET CALLS FROM COUNCIL, THE, THE, THE FREQUENT EMAILS WE GET FROM COUNCIL ABOUT PARTICULAR SIDEWALKS.

SO, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON THAT.

I, I THINK, RIGHT? PART OF WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY, UM, IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF FOCUS NO, UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS UNDERSTAND, DON'T, DON'T SORT OF MOVE FORWARD.

I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN ADDITIONAL, IF WE, IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO HEY, TO START ANOTHER PROJECT OR GET ANOTHER PROJECT GOING, YOU KNOW, LET'S KIND OF GEAR TOWARDS THAT WAY IF POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, IF, IF, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK, YEAH.

WELL LET, LET ME UH, CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.

SO THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WE'RE TALKING AT ABOUT, AT THE SAME TIME, ADDRESSING SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE CONTRACT THAT OUT TYPICALLY AND MAINTAINING CONTRACTORS FOR THAT.

THE OTHER IS STREET MAINTENANCE THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN WITH OUR OWN STAFF.

UH, A STREET MAINTENANCE FUND.

IN TERMS OF THE CRACK CEILING AND THE, THE POTHOLE FILLING THAT ROBERT TALKED ABOUT.

AND THEN WHAT JOHN'S ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A STEP UP.

SO YOUR SLURRY SEAL OR EVEN LIKE A MILL AND OVERLAY TYPE SCENARIO.

OUR SPAM PROGRAM, AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE ADDED $10 MILLION TO THE BUDGET.

WELL, WE SET ASIDE $10 MILLION INTO A STREET STREET, ME,

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AND IN 10 TO SPEND $2 MILLION PER YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THAT'S A ALMOST A TRIPLING OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE USE FOR STREET MEN, THESE TYPE OF, OF LOWER LEVEL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WE'RE NOT SEEING THE FRUIT OF IT YET 'CAUSE WE JUST PUT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE GOTTA GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO SEE THE, THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

I THINK JOHN'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

BUT, BUT ALSO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STREETS PAGE, WE'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THERE.

BUT WE ARE CONSTRICTED BY THE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

AND SO THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, THAT'S THE INS WHAT WE USE A COMBINATION OF FUNDING SOURCES LIKE IMPACT FEES AS WELL AS AS THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

AND IN SOME CASES WHEN WE CAN GET IT GRANTS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL WITH, WITH LOWER SINE, BUT WE HAVE CERTAIN MAJOR ROADS THAT ARE IN THE CIP THAT WE GET A TON OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT MASKY ROAD, LOWER SINE ROAD STEIN, OLD STEIN.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY TECH OP, THEY'RE IN OUR CIP.

SO WHEN WE LAY OUT OUR CIP WE, WE'VE TRIED TO TARGET KEEPING OUR, OUR INS RATE RELATIVELY STABLE OVER THE YEARS AND, AND NOT INCREASING THAT WITH THE FUTURE AND ALLOW GROWTH TO, TO HELP US OUT.

AND THAT KIND OF DRIVES THAT, THAT PRIORITIZATION LIST THAT WE SHOWED YOU BEFORE WHEN YOU PUT UP THE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS KIND OF DRIVES THAT SCHEDULING OF THAT, RIGHT.

AND MAINTAINING THAT WE'RE GETTING TO IT AS FAST AS WE CAN WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

SO WE, WE, I GUESS I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE, WE'VE GOT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF, AND I DON'T MEAN TO SAY LOWEST, BUT THE VERY IMPORTANT LEVEL OF DAY-TO-DAY TYPE MAINTENANCE IS WHAT ROBERT'S TALKING ABOUT.

AND THEN JOHN WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT OF A STEP UP ON TERMS OF MAINTENANCE TYPE PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE CONSTRUCTION RELATED, CAN BE CONSTRUCTION RELATED.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE, THE BIGGEST CHUNK IN THOSE OTHER BIG STREETS THAT WE GET A, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WE DIDN'T GET IN THIS SITUATION OVERNIGHT, RIGHT? WE, WE, IT TOOK ABOUT 30 YEARS FOR SOME OF THESE ROADS TO DETERIORATE TO WHERE THEY ARE, MASKY ROAD AND SOME OTHERS.

SO WHAT WE, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE GOT A PLAN AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING MECHANISMS TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.

IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE TIME TO DO THE WORK, I THINK, AND MULTIPLE YEARS TO GET THE WORK DONE.

AND I THINK, I THINK A COUPLE THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT, RIGHT? IF, IF COUNSEL WANTS US TO TRY TO MOVE FASTER IN SOME WAYS, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN ADJUST, RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS STEVE MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I THINK FOR TRYING TO GET FUNDING THAT WE UNDERSTOOD AND WE'RE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION FROM JBSA WAS AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS FOR LOWER SEA ROAD.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO AFTER ONE LAST ONE THIS NOVEMBER.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT.

WE NEED TO MOVE ON THE PROJECT.

BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT AN INSUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.

YOU JUST HEARD ON THE DRAINAGE ITEM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH COUNCIL, AND SAID, WELL YOU GO AFTER GRANTS, RIGHT? WELL WE DO.

THE OTHER PART OF IT IS HOW AGGRESSIVE WE ARE WITH REGARD TO EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

WE TEND TO TRY TO DO THAT IN A FAIRLY FRIENDLY WAY.

I DON'T KNOW COUNCILMAN DAVIES, YOU CAN REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE CAME FORWARD AND GOT AUTHORITY TO DO IMMINENT DOMAIN.

THAT HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL STAFF GETS THE IMPRESSION REALLY WANTS TO DO, WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT.

SO WE TEND TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO VOLUNTARILY SELL US THOSE EASEMENTS THAT, THAT SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESS THOUGH, AS OPPOSED TO, HEY, THIS IS THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT.

WE'RE GONNA SEND A NOTICE FOR AN OFFER.

WE DON'T GET A RESPONSE BACK.

WE'RE GONNA COME TO COUNCIL, SEEK AUTHORITY TO DO 'EM AND ABANDON, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

RIGHT? THAT'S NOT HOW WE'VE WANTED TO DO IT.

TYPICALLY, UH, THE OTHER AGAIN IS HOW WE STRUCTURE THOSE CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? WE CAN PUSH FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND PROVIDE A SMALLER WINDOW TO KNOCK THAT PROJECT OUT.

WE WILL PAY MORE FOR THAT THAN IF WE GIVE THEM A BIGGER WINDOW TO ALLOW THEM TO KIND OF STRUCTURE AROUND OTHER PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SPEED UP.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KIND OF PERIODICALLY REVISIT THAT, BUT THAT'S SORT OF THE BALANCE THAT WE TRY TO STRIKE THAT AGAIN, I THINK WE TEND TO HEAR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THOSE THINGS, UM, TO CAUSE US TO TRY TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE BALANCE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, MOVING ON.

GOOD JOB.

GOOD EVENING.

WHY DON'T YOU HIRE ZOMBIES TO BUILD ROADWAYS? 'CAUSE YOU ALWAYS BUILD DEAD ENDS.

, I'LL BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE LATER TONIGHT IF YOU NEED MORE JOKES.

AS STEVE MENTIONED, THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSIVE THAN OUR ROUTINE DAY-TO-DAY MAINTENANCE.

ONTO THE, WHAT I CALL THE SPAM PROJECTS.

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UM, BUT THEY'RE DESIGNED TO PRESERVE OUR STREETS OR SOME OF THE MORE, UH, DETAILED PROJECTS OR MORE INTENSE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO PUT 'EM IN A CONDITION WHERE THEY CAN BE PRESERVED BETTER OVER TIME.

SO THE REHABILITATION PROJECT THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY, IT'S FINALLY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

THAT'S THE WORK WE DID ON ST.

ANDREWS.

THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN DOVE MEADOWS AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON MAPLE.

THE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS. THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW LEFT TO COMPLETE IN THE DOVE MEADOWS AREA, BUT THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. UPCOMING PROJECTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM THAT ARE IN DESIGN.

YOU MAY SAY, WELL, GEEZ JOHN, THESE HAVE BEEN IN DESIGN FOR QUITE A WHILE.

YES, THEY HAVE.

AND PART OF THAT IS TRYING TO BALANCE THE WORK WITH THE AVAILABLE BUDGET WE HAVE FOR THESE PROJECTS.

SO THE KRAMER FARM REHABILITATION PROJECT, WE HAVE THE DESIGN ALMOST FULLY COMPLETE.

WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER OUR LAST ROUND OF COMMENTS TO OUR CONSULTANT WITH THE FINAL DESIGN MODIFICATIONS.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THE BID PACKAGE TOGETHER AND GET THAT OUT TO BID.

WE'RE NOT DOING THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION, WE'RE DOING KIND OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE SUBDIVISION WITH THE INTENT OF A FUTURE YEAR DOING THE REST OF THE SUBDIVISION.

OUR RESURFACING PROJECTS, THESE ARE THE SLURRY SEAL PROJECTS.

UM, WE DO SOME MILL AND OVERLAY FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT WE DO A LOT OF RESURFACING OR MICRO PAVING BECAUSE IT'S COST EFFECTIVE AND WE CAN ADDRESS A LARGER NUMBER OF STREETS WITH THE SAME BUDGET.

NOW SOME OF THESE HAVE, THE DESIGN WORK HAS KIND OF DRAGGED ON A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIT WITHIN OUR AVAILABLE BUDGET THAT WE HAD.

NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, WE CAN BUNDLE A BUNCH OF THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND WHERE WE'RE THINKING OF ONLY BEING ABLE TO DO ONE SUBDIVISION WITH THE AVAILABLE BUDGET WE HAD BY ADDING THE $2 MILLION THAT YOU ALLOCATED FOR SPAN THIS YEAR, PLUS THE FUNDING THAT WE ALREADY HAD AVAILABLE, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GET BACK ON TRACK AND, AND LOOK AT DOING ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WITH THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE HAD TO KIND OF TRIM OUT A LITTLE BIT TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET.

SO MOST OF THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE FOR ALL OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, EXCUSE ME, SAVANNAH ROAD PROJECT.

THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT WE'RE MAKING.

SOME LAST CHANGES TO THE PLANS ON THAT.

AND PART OF THAT IS, IS WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE TRAILS PROJECT.

THEY'RE BUILDING A CROSSING OF SAVANNAH.

SO THIS PROJECT'S ACTUALLY GONNA DO PART OF THAT WORK, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO IT BEFORE WE RESURFACE IT.

WE DON'T WANNA HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE COME IN AND DAMAGE THE PAVEMENT AFTER, AFTER WE DO THE, THE, THE STREET WORK.

AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THE MISSING SIDEWALK SEGMENT THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.

THAT REQUIRES US TO REPLACE THE SECTION OF CURB AND GUTTER, WHICH COMPLICATES OUR PLANS A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT'S THE DESIGN CHANGE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

BUT ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUNDLE ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND GET IT OUT TO BID SOME OF OUR OTHER STREET PROJECTS.

NOW THESE ARE A LEVEL BEYOND JUST RESURFACING.

THESE ARE STREETS THAT NEED MUCH MORE EFFORT, REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

THE ONE PROJECT THAT HAD STREET WORK AND UTILITY WORK.

KIND OF COMBINE THE SHEZ FOREST AREA, THE STREET WORK ON THAT.

SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD JUST REHABILITATE, WE'RE HAVING TO RECONSTRUCT.

WE'RE HAVING TO TRY TO CHANGE SOME OF THE CURB AND GUTTER GRADES, GET DRAINAGE TO WORK.

THE STREET COSTS ARE GOING UP AND UP AND UP.

SO WE'RE LIKELY GONNA HAVE TO SPLIT THE TWO APART.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO THE UTILITY WORK SO WE CAN GET THAT DONE, GET IT GOING RIGHT AWAY.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF SAVE UP SOME MONEY TO GET ENOUGH FUNDING PUT TOGETHER TO DO THE STREET WORK.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ACTIVITY COMING GOING ON OUT THERE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE'LL GET THE UTILITY WORK ALL DONE, BUT THE STREET WORK'S GONNA LAG BEHIND THAT.

UH, THE BANEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, IT'S HOLDING THE BID PACKAGE UP ON THAT IS SOME LAST COORDINATION EFFORT WITH SOME OF THE UTILITIES.

WE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF CONFLICTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE RESOLVED.

THE NEXT TWO PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT YOU REQUESTED.

WE ADVANCE IN OUR SCHEDULE AND SO I'VE HAD SCOPING MEETINGS ON BOTH PROJECTS WITH CONSULTANTS WAITING ON THE, THE SCOPE AND FEES FROM THEM SO WE CAN REVIEW THEM AND WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD A TASK ORDER, UH, FOR YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL ON BOTH THOSE PROJECTS SO WE CAN GET GOING ON THOSE.

NOW BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WE'RE STARTING ON WITH THE DESIGN.

THERE'S RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION INVOLVED.

THERE'S

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LOTS OF OTHER STUFF THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GET TO CONSTRUCTION AGAIN, FITTING WITHIN THE AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

'CAUSE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE KIND OF EXPENSIVE.

YOU LOOK AT OLD STEIN ROAD, THAT'S A PRETTY LONG STRETCH OF ROAD AND WE'RE TAKING IT FROM TWO LANES WITH NO DRAINAGE, NO CURB GUTTER, NO SIDEWALK ON A LOT, LOT OF IT IN BUILDING THE SECONDARY RURAL ARTERIAL SECTIONS IDENTIFIED OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THAT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE HAVE TO GET THAT POT OF MONEY BEFORE WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT LOWER SEINE ROAD.

THIS IS WHERE I GOT BAD NEWS.

WE'VE APPLIED FOR DCIP FUNDING TWICE.

WE'VE MISSED OUT TWICE.

WE HAVEN'T GOT FEEDBACK ON THE SECOND APPLICATION IN TERMS OF WHERE WE FELL.

UH, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THAT.

WE APPLIED FOR ANOTHER GRANT LAST YEAR CALLED DAG.

IT'S A SMALLER GRANT AMOUNT, BUT IT'LL HELP FUND THE PROJECT.

WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL THE FIRST TIME.

OUR PROJECT WAS RIGHT BELOW THE FUNDING CUTOFF LINE.

WE HAD A STRONG APPLICATION.

THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK WE GOT.

THE CALL IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW, LATER AS THIS MONTH WE'RE GONNA REAPPLY FOR THAT PROGRAM AND FINGERS CROSSED WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT AS STEVE MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT GONNA KEEP WAITING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'RE GONNA KEEP PRESSING FORWARD WITH GETTING OUR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUIRED, GETTING THE FINAL DESIGN COMPLETED, AND, UM, MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

MAIN STREET, IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF UTILITY CONFLICTS, A LOT OF MOVING PIECES TO TRY TO PUT IN ORDER.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SPEND THE TIME TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING PINNED DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY THESE UTILITY CONFLICTS.

'CAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS GET IN CONSTRUCTION, HAVE A PROBLEM THAT CAUSES CONSTRUCTION TO DELAY.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

WE'VE GOT UTILITY CONFLICTS ALMOST FULLY RESOLVED ACROSS THE BOARD.

THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE DOUBLE CHECKING WITH GVEC TO MAKE SURE THE EASEMENT INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED US IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE.

AND WE'RE STILL COORDINATING WITH TDO.

'CAUSE PART OF OUR UTILITY REPLACEMENT WORK GOES INTO TXDOT SECTION.

AND SO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THEM BEFORE WE DO ANY OF THAT WORK.

AND THEY'RE REQUIRING US, INSTEAD OF DOING JUST OUR TYPICAL TRENCH RESTORATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A FULL WIDTH MILL AND OVERLAY ON THEIR SECTION OF PAVEMENT AFTER WE DO THE TRENCHING WORK.

SO ALL THAT STUFF KIND OF ADDS INTO OUR PROJECT.

AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS KIND OF COMPLICATED SOME OF OUR PLANS TO SOME EXTENT.

BUT WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THAT WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN START DOING PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EASEMENT ACQUISITION LATER THIS FALL.

FOR THIS PROJECT, THE GOAL IS TO GET THE UTILITY PRO THE UTILITY REPLACEMENT WORK OUT TO BID AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR, LOOKOUT ROAD, THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE AND IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING.

ONE LITTLE THING CAUSES A DOMINO EFFECT IN THIS PROJECT.

AND ONE THING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SIMPLE CHANGE ISN'T SO SIMPLE WHEN YOU START DIGGING INTO IT.

UM, THE LAST WRINKLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CONTEND WITH IMPACTING THE BLUE BONNET PALACE SITE WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, WE'VE MADE THE DECISION TO OFFSET OR SHIFT THE ALIGNMENT OF SHERIFF'S PARKWAY.

SO LATER THIS MONTH, YOU'LL HAVE A TASK ORDER AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS DESIGN CHANGE TO MAKE THAT ALIGNMENT SHIFT.

ONCE THAT ALIGNMENT SHIFT IS COMPLETED, WE'VE ALREADY ACQUIRED ONE OF THE OTHER RIGHT OF WAY PARCELS.

WE HAVE COME TO AGREEMENT ON THE OTHER ONE.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING THE FORM OF CLOSING ON THAT WITH THE DESIGN MODIFICATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT BID PACKAGE PUT TOGETHER AND GET THAT OUT TO BID.

HERE'S A FEW OTHER STREET PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON NORTH CLIFF COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES.

THAT'S OFF OF, UH, COUNTRY CLUB BOULEVARD ON THE WEST SIDE, JUST SOUTH OF I 35.

AND THIS IS A PROJECT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AND, UM, GET THE NAME WRONG, , UH, SOUTH OF 78, FIRST STREET ZOO, ALL OF THAT WE'RE REPLACING WATER LINES, SOME SEWER LINE SEGMENTS AND WE'RE REHABILITATING ALL THE STREETS.

THAT PROJECT.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE ITERATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON SOME OF THE STREET WORK AND

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SOME OF THE UTILITY REPLACEMENT ITEMS. GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE NOT HAVING TO REPLACE ALL OF THE SANITARY SEWERS THAT'S GONNA SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND ALSO HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE COST SOMEWHAT.

THAT ONE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL PLAN MODIFICATIONS ON THAT ONE.

WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT OUT TO BID IN SHORT ORDER AS WELL.

AND THE LAST PROJECT IS THE 3 0 0 9 78 OVERPASS PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED.

THERE'S A PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER.

THAT'S THE LATEST WORD I'VE HEARD FROM TXDOT.

THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME THE EXACT DATE YET.

THEY'RE TARGETING SOMEWHERE ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER AFTER THE ELECTION AND BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

THEY EXPECT TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE ON THE PROJECT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THEN THAT ALLOWS THEM TO START DOING RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION AND PROCEEDING WITH FINAL DESIGN.

ALL THIS MEANS, WHILE THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS INSTRUCTION'S, NOT GONNA START ON THAT THING RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S STILL GONNA TAKE TIME TO GET THROUGH THE RIGHT WAY, ACQUISITION PROCESS, RELOCATE ANY UTILITIES YOU NEED TO GET RELOCATED OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN THEY WILL START ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACTUAL OVERPASS ITSELF.

SO THAT'S A FEW YEARS OUT YET, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UNTIL THEY GET STARTED ON THAT.

BUT THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL.

I'M JUST RELIEVED YOU'RE ALL STILL AWAKE.

I DIDN'T PUT YOU ALL ASLEEP HAVING NO QUESTIONS.

ON THE WORKSHOP IS TO PROVIDE CONSENSUS ON THE GOLDS FOR CV C-V-O-G-C WATER RIGHTS.

GOOD JOB.

UH, SO NEXT ITEM

[13. Workshop to provide consensus on goals for CVLGC water rights (Deputy City Manager Brian James)]

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, YOU MAY RECALL WE RECENTLY HAD THE, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE CITY'S, UH, FUTURE WATER NEEDS.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, TALKED ABOUT WITH THAT IS KIND OF THIS QUESTION THAT'S BEEN HANGING OUT THERE AS TO WHERE WE WANT TO KIND OF HEAD WITH C-V-L-G-C AND WITH THE WATER RIGHTS FOR, FOR C-V-L-G-C.

UM, AGAIN, I WON'T REHASH IT FOR EVERYBODY.

YOU CAN GO BACK, LOOK AT THE SEPTEMBER 15TH, UH, COUNCIL WORKSHOP, SEE THAT PRESENTATION.

UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO WITH THAT? UM, AGAIN, I THINK GENERALLY THE FEELING HAS BEEN, UM, BOTH CITIES DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AS WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED WITH C-V-L-G-C, UH, DEVELOPING THOSE WATER RIGHTS.

AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED THE WATER RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND YET WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THE, THE, THE WATER RIGHTS LEASES, WE HAVE STIPULATE THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, PERMITTING AND PRODUCTION.

UH, THE REASON THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WANT US TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT WE PAY THEM MANUALLY GOES UP WITH THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED THE WATER.

IT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT COST.

UM, AND THERE GENERALLY HAS, HAS BEEN A FEELING OR A THOUGHT THAT WE DON'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH DOING THAT AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, HOW WE OFFSET THE COST FOR THAT WATER THAT WE DON'T NEED WHILE WE'RE PAYING ON THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, BUT CERTAINLY DISCUSSION HAS BEEN THERE'S VALUE TO THOSE WATER RIGHTS.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA LOSE THOSE OR LOSE ALL OF THOSE.

AND SO THEN THE OPTION OR THEN THE DISCUSSION IS LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS GOING FORWARD.

UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK PART OF WHAT WOULD HELP US AS WE CONSIDER THE, THE TWO PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD, UH, BOTH THE PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S HAD THE PROPOSAL, UH, TO ESSENTIALLY, UH, CREATE THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, UH, AND THEN START PRODUCING WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS.

WE'VE ALSO HAD THE, UH, THE, UH, OFFER FROM, UH, GREEN VALLEY SUD GOING FORWARD.

THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION WITH C-V-L-G-C ABOUT DO WE REACH OUT TO, UH, THE WATER PROVIDERS IN THE AREA AND SEE WHAT OPTIONS THERE MAY BE OR LOOK AT WHAT ALTERNATIVES WE HAVE WITH, WITH THE LEASES.

UM, BUT I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE VACUUM WITHOUT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.

SO THE POINT OF THIS WAS MAYBE TO KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR COUNCIL AND START HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES WITH THIS? WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? WHAT SHOULD WE PRIORITIZE IN TERMS OF LOOKING, UH, FOR AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD? FOR INSTANCE, IS IT THAT WE RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THOSE, THOSE WATER, UH, LEASES OR THAT POTENTIALLY WE, WE LOOK TO TRANSFER THOSE TO SOMEONE AND

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THEN WE WOULD LEASE BACK THAT WATER THROUGH A CONTRACT, RIGHT? ONE, THEY'RE, IT'S MAYBE A BIT MORE SOLID, THE OTHER IS MAYBE LESS SOLID, BUT THEY'RE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO THOSE AS WELL.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, DO WE WANNA RETAIN ALL OF THOSE? IS 5,500 ACRE FEET ROUGHLY, OR DO WE SAY NO? YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE MID-RANGE ASSUMPTION, WHAT WE ULTIMATELY THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED IS 2,500 ACRE FEET.

LET'S RETAIN THE 2,500 ACRE FEET.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE HAVE THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT TO PUT UP AS PART OF A DEAL, AGAIN, IT, IT, IT, IT LETS US FIND A PARTNER POTENTIALLY WHO NEEDS PART OF THOSE WHO'S WILLING TO FOOT THE BILL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE COST OF RETAINING THESE LEASES VERSUS FUTURE ACQUISITION? ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I THINK IS, IS REALLY RISK VERSUS CERTAINTY, RIGHT? WITH THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS, WHAT RISKS DO WE HAVE? RIGHT? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, CERTAINLY THAT'S A DYNAMIC, UM, AND IF COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK WAS HERE, HE, HE'D HEAR, WE TALK ABOUT THIS AT S-S-L-G-C IS CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU DO THESE LONG-TERM WATER LEASES WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES OR ENTITIES, UM, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE FAUCET WHEN THOSE COME DUE? RIGHT? SO IF YOU, IF YOU LEASE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER TO A COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS, WHAT DO YOU DO? IF THEY SAY, I NEED TO KEEP GETTING THE WATER, I HAVEN'T FOUND ANOTHER SOURCE.

ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHUT THAT OFF? ARE YOU GONNA FIND YOURSELF IN A BIND? UM, WHO THE PARTNERS ARE, WHAT THEIR TRACK RECORD IS, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN AROUND, WHAT THEY'VE DONE, HOW YOU STRUCTURE THE DEAL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, FLEXIBILITY VERSUS DEFINED PROCESS OR OUTCOME.

HOW MUCH CERTAINTY DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT WE LOCK OURSELVES INTO THIS, OR WE WANT SOME FLEXIBILITY TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER, POTENTIALLY DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER BASED ON WHERE ELSE WE MIGHT GET IT? HOW MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS WE WANT, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME VALUE TO, HEY, LET'S SPREAD OUT WHO WE'RE GETTING OUR WATER AROUND FROM, SO THAT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WE DON'T HAVE ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT OBVIOUSLY, IS YOU MAY BE DUPLICATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND COST AND OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND THEN ONE OF 'EM IS ENSURING THE WATER SERVES SHIRTS CUSTOMERS VERSUS A GREATER RETURN FOR THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT? WHICH ULTIMATELY BENEFITS OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, OUR WATER USERS, UH, BECAUSE WE GET MORE FOR IT, RIGHT? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SORT OF THE THINGS TO KICK OFF THE CONVERSATION, UH, THAT STAFF HAS SORT OF THOUGHT ABOUT.

I THINK A LOT OF THIS THOUGH IS REALLY TO TRY TO JUST GET A FEEL FOR COUNCIL, HOW MUCH YOU PRIORITIZE THESE THINGS KIND OF GOING FORWARD AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.

UM, AGAIN, DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY GONNA GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT I THINK IF WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE, UM, IT HELPS US TO LOOK TO STRUCTURE A DEAL, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, TO GET A BETTER DEAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT WASTE FOLKS, FOLKS' TIME AND MAYBE BE A LITTLE MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN YOU HAVE THE JOINT WORKSHOP WITH A JOINT MEETING WITH CITY OF CILLO IN A FEW WEEKS.

WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S COMMENT FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT.

I CAN ALWAYS KEEP TALKING AS YOU WELL KNOW.

WE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO .

YEAH, MR. JAMES.

UM, DEFINITELY I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE SOMETHING NOT NEEDED THAN TO NEED SOMETHING NOT HAVE IT.

SURE.

WATER RIGHTS ARE DEFINITELY, WE GOTTA RETAIN THEM.

THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF THEM, OR THAT'S JUST THE AMOUNT WE NEED ON THE MID-RANGE GROWTH.

ALL.

WE HAVE MAYOR PER TIM WATSON.

I WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE ADEQUATE PLIE, UM, REGARDING FUTURE GROWTH.

UM, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST COMMODORE AND THAT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION FOR ME.

UM, AND THEN WORK OUT AND NEGOTIATE WITH GREEN VALLEY IN REGARDS TO SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN.

YEAH, FOR ME, UM, I'VE BECOME A WATER EXPERT.

UH, I'VE BEEN DRINKING WATER ALL MY LIFE.

BATHING IN IT.

JUST SWIMMING IN IT.

NO, SO, BUT NO, JUST JOKING.

BUT ANYHOW, UM, I THINK, UH, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN GUERRERO HAD STATED FOR ME, IT'S, YOU KNOW, RETAINING THE, UH, AND AS YOU KNOW MM-HMM .

IS RETAINING ALL WATER RIGHTS.

UM, I, I THINK, UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING BASED OFF OF, UM, PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE WON'T NEED WATER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MORE THAN PLENTY OF WATER.

THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 2070 THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WATER.

SO SURE.

YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WATER WE'RE GONNA NEED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HARD YEAH, NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE.

NO ONE KNOWS

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FOR SURE.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S FAIR.

AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY COME ABOUT THAT MAY FIX THE WHOLE PROBLEM.

MM-HMM .

NOT FOR US, BUT FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS IN A SENSE.

YEP.

SO, BUT I, I THINK FOR THE UNKNOWN, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE KEEP ALL THE WATER RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LOOK AT, I KNOW C-V-L-G-C NOW, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS THAT CAME OUT.

I KNOW G-V-S-U-D CAME OUT ONE, THEIR PROPOSAL WAS MORE OF, OF AN ASSET EXCHANGE.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE CAME OUT WITH A MORE, UH, FINANCIAL KIND OF ORDEAL, WHICH IS THE COMMODORE THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN WATSON, MAYOR PROTON WATSON IS SPEAKING ABOUT.

AND MAYBE WE NEED TO ASK C-V-L-G-C, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPTION FOR THEM TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING, AND MAYBE THEY CAN BE THE STRUCTURE OF WORKING A DEAL THAT BOTH CDS CAN BE SATISFIED WITH.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTROL IT AND THEY MAYBE WORK A SITUATION WHERE THEY CONTRACT TO EVENTUALLY GET SOME WORK DONE ON THOSE PROPERTIES TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THE GROUND.

OR AT LEAST WE SHOW THAT SOMETHING'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GOING ON VERSUS NOTHING.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE DEAL, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING WITHIN A 15 YEAR PERIOD.

I THINK IT'S WHERE WE PRODUCE SOME WATER.

SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS KIND OF GOES BACK TO SOME MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WHICH IS MOVE FORWARD WITH C-V-L-G-C TO PRODUCTION AT WHATEVER LEVEL'S NEEDED.

UM, AND, AND YEAH, WHATEVER MAKES SENSE.

I I, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, WHATEVER MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS, UM, THEN WE JUST NEED TO SEE THOSE OPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, THOSE OPTIONS NEED TO BE PRESENTED AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS ON REGARDS TO.

BUT AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT G-V-S-U-D, YOU'RE WE'RE, WE'RE TOTALLY GONNA GIVE UP OUR RIGHTS.

THEY'RE, IT'S AN ASSET EXCHANGE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US CCN OF A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY, THE CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY, BUT THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY MAINTAIN CONTROL.

AND I'VE ALREADY TOLD THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT FOR ME, I DON'T LIKE THAT APPROACH.

I, MY, MY ORDEAL IS MAINTAINING THE WATER RIGHT.

LEASES.

AND I THINK, I THINK THIS IS RIGHT.

SO JUST TO, AND I'LL TRY TO JUMP IN AND THEN COME BACK AND LISTEN, RIGHT? SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCIL SAID LET'S RETAIN HALF THE WATER, THEN WHAT IT LETS US GO OUT AND LOOK FOR A PARTNERSHIP ON IS FOR SOMEONE TO SORT OF BEAR THE COST OF MOVING THIS TO PRODUCTION, PUTTING IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY GET THE BENEFIT OF, SAY, HALF OF OUR WATER RIGHTS, WE WOULD RETAIN THE OTHER HALF, RIGHT? AND, AND WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE WITH THAT, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE COST, HOW MUCH WE WOULD PAY FOR THE COST.

THAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

IF WE WANNA RETAIN THEM ALL, IT JUST CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF A DEAL WE'RE GONNA GET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE HALF THE WATER RIGHTS TO WORK A DEAL WITH SOMEONE TO SAY, LOOK, I CAN GIVE YOU 2,500 ACRE FEET, OR, OR, OR, UM, 27 50, BUT YOU NEED TO BEAR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COST TO MOVE THIS TO PRODUCTION.

AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE GET IN EXCHANGE.

SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE THAT PRIORITIZATION HELPS.

IT HELPS US KNOW WHAT DEALS ARE ON THE TABLE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MACKALOO HAVE, TO ME, IT, I THINK, UH, MORE FLEXIBILITY, UM, I THINK, UH, A PARTNERSHIP.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE WOULD EVER AFFORD TO BEAR THE WHOLE COST TO KEEPING ALL THE WATER RIGHTS.

SO, I'M SORRY.

UM, I THINK SOME, SOME COMBINATION OF KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING WHERE, UH, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'LL HAVE THE WATER IF WE NEED IT, BUT WHETHER WE HAVE MAINTAINED OWNERSHIP OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY OKAY.

REQUIRED AND IS, BUT FOR YOU, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS IT'S MAYBE NOT ALL OF THE WATER.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? THAT PART OF THAT WATER COULD BE CUT UP TO MAKE THIS DEAL? YES.

JUST TO CLARIFY TOO, I, SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER MECHANISM WHERE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY HAS THE WATER RIGHTS, BUT THEN WE RETAIN A PORTION OF THE RIGHTS TO IT THROUGH A CONTRACT? THAT'S RIGHT.

UH, I THINK GREEN VALLEY IS A, IS A VIABLE OPTION.

AND I THINK WHETHER WE OWN IT, LISA, RIGHT? THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

WE NEED TO SORT THAT, BUT IT'S THIS QUESTION OF DO I HAVE SOME OF THOSE TO PUT UP TO MAKE THE DEAL OR NO, WE WANNA RETAIN 'EM ALL GOING FORWARD.

I, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.

HANG, HANG ON.

UH, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA RESPECT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, 'CAUSE HE WAS UP TO SPEAK NEXT.

SO YEAH, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MACALUSO.

I THINK, I THINK I I, IT MAKES NO LOGICAL SENSE TO ME TO KEEP ON THIS PATH WITH C-V-L-G-C AND HAVE TWO WATER BOARDS WE'RE PART OF S-S-L-G-C.

UH, TO ME IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE SOME AGREEMENT WHERE, WHERE THIS WATER'S DEVELOPED BY SOMEBODY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT.

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UH, THEY DO PROVIDE, THEY DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, TO PROVIDE WATER SERVICE TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN SHIRTS.

CORRECT? UH, THEY DO.

AND THEY, THAT'S NEVER BEEN ON THE TABLE AS AN EXCHANGE.

SO A, A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHERN SHIRTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING WATER FOR.

SO TO ME IT MAKES MORE SENSE.

WE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT WATER IN THE FUTURE.

WELL IF GREEN VALLEY'S GONNA DEVELOP THIS AND THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER TO THAT AREA IN THEIR CCN ANYWAY, TO ME THAT'S THE WIN-WIN.

UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK I, I THINK SO.

SO TO BUILD OFF THAT, RIGHT, IF, IF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS KEEP IT FOR PART OF THE COMMUNITY, FIND A PARTNER THAT WE CAN STRUCTURE A DEAL WITH THAT SAYS YOU GET PART OF IT, BUT IT GOES TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE GET THE OTHER PART OF IT, RIGHT? THEN WE HAVE A DEAL POTENTIALLY, AND I THINK GREEN VALLEY'S INDICATED THIS, WHAT THEY PUT FORTH WAS AN INITIAL BASED ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS, BUT THEY'VE INDICATED AN OPENNESS TO DISCUSS OTHER THINGS IS A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH GREEN VALLEY WHERE WE GET THE PART WE NEED, WE STIPULATE THAT THE OTHER, WHEN NEEDED, HAS TO BE USED IN SHIRTS, UM, AND THEN STRUCTURE IT FOR THEM TO REALLY PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND AGAIN, THERE MAY EVEN BE A WAY THERE TO, TO TIE IN WITH S-S-L-G-C.

SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING AS MUCH OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT AGAIN, WHAT I'VE, WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO MAKE THAT DEAL IS A PORTION OF THOSE WATER RIGHTS, UH, WHETHER GREEN VALLEY OWNS THEM, WE OWN 'EM, HOWEVER WE STRUCTURE THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE MLU AND WATSON ARE AGREEABLE TO, AND POSSIBLY DEPENDING ON HOW THAT STRUCTURE AND HOW MUCH WATER, MAYBE SOME OPENNESS THERE.

BUT DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL, I THINK.

IS THAT FAIR? YEAH.

YOU KNOW, LET ME CLARIFY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY ALL THE WATER RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I AGREE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF IT BE WITH G-G-V-S-U-D OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SLO RIGHT? YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER OUR PORTION IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT WATER RIGHT LEASE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER OUR PORTION ARE THAT WE MAINTAIN IT.

BUT IF WE CAN WORK OUT A AGREEMENT THAT WHERE WE CAN SHARE COST WITH G-V-S-U-D, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEAL NOW THAT J-V-S-U-D HAS IS THAT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE CCN SHIRTS AND I'M, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME THE WATER RIGHT.

LEASES THAT I DON'T LIKE.

YEAH, UNDERSTOOD.

I THINK TO ME, IF YOU'RE, IF WE CAN WIN, DO A WIN-WIN SITUATION, WE MAINTAIN A WATER RIGHTS LEASE, HOWEVER WE CAN WORK AND SHARE COSTS TO, TO SHARE THE COST IN DEVELOPING THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, STRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP OVER THERE, THEN YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I'M FOR.

AND LET ME ADD IF MAKES SENSE CLARIFICATION.

I THINK, 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT STAFF WOULD LOOK TO, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT I THINK THE CONCERN STAFF HAS IS BECAUSE WE'RE, OUR RATE PAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE WITH S-S-L-G-C THAT WE'RE NOT USING ALL THE CAPACITY.

IF I CAN SHIFT THE DEVELOPMENT COST FOR THIS WATER TO GO THROUGH PERMITTING THE WELLS, THE TREATMENT AS MUCH OF THAT ON THE PARTNER ENTITY UPFRONT WHEN I DON'T NEED IT, THAT SEEMS TO BE IDEAL.

EVEN IF I'M PICKING UP MORE OF IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE BACK END, IT LETS US SPREAD THE COST FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND I'M NOT DOUBLE STACKING FOR WATER.

I DON'T NEED, AND THEN AGAIN, WHAT I'M HEARING IS BUILD IN SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.

SO THAT, AGAIN, IF I CAN RECOUP PART OF THAT, MAYBE ON SHORT TERM LEASES THAT I KNOW WILL END AND I CAN GET THROUGH, THAT MAY BE OKAY TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR COSTS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT WATER AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO, IN THAT SENSE, WE ARE RISK AVERSE TO POTENTIALLY LOSING THE WATER THAT WE NEED, IS WHAT I'M HEARING.

IS THAT FAIR? YES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DIETZ, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD ALL LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, RETAIN ALL THE OWNERSHIP.

UM, BUT MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES AND, UM, WE, WE CAN'T BEAR THAT BURDEN ON OUR OWN.

SO I AGREE THAT SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP, UM, KEEPING SOME OF THE RIGHTS PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE WE'RE ALREADY REALLY PARTNERING WITH, YOU KNOW OKAY.

G-V-S-U-D.

UM, I THINK THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, THE MOST SENSE OF, OF KIND OF A WIN-WIN COMPROMISE TYPE THING.

OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE WATER RIGHTS.

'CAUSE SO THE REASON I CALL FOR A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHURCH AND THE CITY OF , BECAUSE I MEAN, WE BOTH OWN THE RIGHTS TO C-V-O-G-C.

AND SO ONE HALF IS TALKING ABOUT GOING ONE WAY, THE OTHER HALF IS TALKING ABOUT GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, AND THAT POSSIBLY CANNOT HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO, WE CAN ALWAYS SAY WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT TO THAT AND THAT GOES, UH, DOWN THE DRAIN AND ANYTHING WE WANNA DO, THEY CAN SAY THE SAME THING AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK AND THAT GOES DOWN THE DRAIN.

YEP.

SO IT'S ABOUT US COMING TOGETHER, FINDING

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UH, AND SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A CONSENSUS SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALL GET ON THE SAME TRAIN GOING FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO.

AND I TOO AM IN AGREEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAINTAIN SOME OF THE WATER RIGHTS.

I WANNA PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I DON'T AGREE WITH TRYING TO PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SHOVE THAT WATER ALL THE WAY DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF, UH, TEXAS, YOU KNOW, SO I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE COME TOGETHER IS FIND OUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANNA DO WITH THE WATER BETWEEN SHIRTS AND CILLO, AND THEN HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD AFTER THAT.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR PART BECAUSE WHEN CIBO COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS, THEY DON'T GET THE WHOLE ANSWER OR ANYTHING.

SO WE NEED TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE'RE COMING OUTTA EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'RE GONNA CON RECONVENE INTO A REGULAR SESSION.

AND I, I THINK CERTAINLY THE JOINT MEETING WILL DO THAT TO MM-HMM .

COUNCIL KIND OF HELP THEM UNDERSTAND BETTER.

AND AGAIN, I THINK, AS I SAID, I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE ON THIS IS IT'S A BIG COMPLICATED, CUMBERSOME TOPIC WITH A LOT OF THINGS.

IT'S NOT THE KIND OF THING WE THINK IN ONE FIVE MINUTE CONVERSATION WE'RE GONNA SETTLE ENTIRELY.

IT'S A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS, IT'S EXPLORING OPTIONS, IT'S COMING BACK.

I THINK WE HAVE A WAY TO KIND OF GET THERE, BUT TO WHAT I'M HEARING FOR COUNCIL FOR THE MOST PART IS RETAIN THE WATER RIGHTS THAT WE BELIEVE WE'LL NEED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT RISK OF RUNNING SHORT.

AND WE WANT, UM, TO BE VERY SECURE IN RETAINING THAT.

WE WANT TO BE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT.

BUT THE GENERALLY WE ARE WILLING TO USE PART OF THE WATER RIGHTS TO STRUCTURE A DEAL WITH A PARTNER ENTITY THAT DOESN'T OVERBURDEN OUR CURRENT RATE PAYERS WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF, OF, OF PAYING FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THAT IDEALLY THAT PARTNER WOULD PROVIDE BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL WITH THAT.

UM, IN THAT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THAT WE ENTIRELY CONTROL SO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, IF WE PICK UP MORE WITH S-S-L-G-C AND THEY PERIODICALLY DO, WE CAN, WE CAN TWEAK IT, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

UH, BUT THAT REALLY OUR PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE WATER RIGHTS, THAT WE'VE SETTLED THE PORTION THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE AND THEIR HOURS AND THEY'RE LOCKED IN, UH, BUT NOT OVERBEARING.

AND SO AGAIN, WE USE PART ON THAT DEAL, BUT WE TRY TO REALLY FIND A WIN-WIN WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT REGARD IS, IS WHAT I'M HEARING.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK THAT GIVES US A BROAD ENOUGH DIRECTION THAT WE KNOW WHICH DEALS TO SORT OF EXCLUDE AND WHICH DEALS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO FIND THOSE.

AND SO AGAIN, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK, WE'LL MULL THIS OVER.

WE'LL KEEP WORKING IT, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT JOINT MEETING GOES, UM, AND GO BACK FROM THERE AND KEEP WORKING, WORKING FORWARD.

I THINK I'VE GOT GOOD DIRECTION.

I CAN KEEP TALKING IF YOU WANT.

AGAIN, MY FATHER, HE, HE, THAT WAS A PHRASE OF HIS MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES.

AND USUALLY AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE HEARD, HE WOULD THEN TAKE ME OUT IN THE BACKYARD TO DEMONSTRATE THIS AND THEN HAND ME A RAKE AND WEAVE ME THERE TO RAKE UP THESE LEAVES THAT FELL FROM THE TREES.

BUT THEN WOULD HE GIVE YOU MONEY AFTER YOU WERE DONE RAKING? NO.

NO HE WOULDN'T.

EH, DO I FEED YOU WHO, WHO PAID FOR THAT SHIRT? NO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING MONEY FOR THAT.

HE WATCHES THESE OCCASIONALLY, SO HE'S PROBABLY GETTING A GOOD CHUCKLE.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING INTO

[ Closed Session]

CLOSE SESSION.

ON ITEM 14, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AND CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH THEIR ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.

A THE LEGAL ISSUES AND OPTIONS REGARDING DTLC INVESTMENTS, LLC AND J-H-D-T-L-C-L-L-C VERSUS CITY OF SHIRTZ, TEXAS NUMBER C 2 26 DASH 0 4 0 1 A 0 5 33 E 4 66 JUDICIAL COURT, KAMAU COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND THEN ITEM 15, THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 0.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT.

UH, NUMBER ONE PROJECT COOL CAT.

NUMBER 16, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AND CLOSE SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE PERSONAL MATTERS TO CONDUCT THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, MR. STEVE WILLIAMS. WE'LL BE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT NINE 20.

OKAY, THE TIME

[ Reconvene into Regular Session]

IS 1239.

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ITEM 17, TAKE ANY ACTION BASED ON, ON DISCUSSION HELD IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.

UH, NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

ITEM 18, TAKE ANY ACTION BASED ON DISCUSSION HELD IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.

THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

ITEM NUMBER 19, TAKE ANY ACTION BASED ON DISCUSSION HELD IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.

UH, AND THAT IS THE EVALUATION OF OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. STEVE WILLIAMS. UH, WE FELT LIKE HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB THIS PAST YEAR, UH, AND UH, IN FULFILLING HIS DUTIES AS CITY MANAGER.

AND SO HE'LL BE GETTING A 4% PAY RAISE AND HE'LL BE GETTING A ONE YEAR ADDITION TO HIS CONTRACT.

SO IF, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT? YEAH, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON MAKE A MOTION SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION.

CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, CASH YOUR VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE? OKAY.

HAVING SEVEN SEVEN YAYS NO NAYS.

MOTION PASSES ON A 4% RAISE AND ONE YEAR ADDITION OF THE CONTRACT.

NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR ON ITEM 20.

MOVING ON TO REQUEST AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

REQUEST BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR UPDATES OR INFORMATION FROM STAFF.

UH, ANYBODY WISHING TO GET ANY UPDATES FROM STAFF? THEY HAVEN'T.

NONE ANY REQUESTS BY GO, GO AHEAD.

REQUEST FROM STAFF.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS WHAT, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, WOULD BE REQUEST BY MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBERS AT ITEMS OR PRESENTATIONS BE PLACED ON FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS.

TO REQUEST BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ITEMS OR PRESENTATIONS BE PLACED ON FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS.

SO, OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE, UH,

[ Requests and Announcements Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from Staff Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City Council agenda City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council) ]

MAYOR, UM, SORT TO GET A UPDATE, UH, MAYBE A BOARD WORKSHOP ON THE ORDINANCE DEALING WITH NORTH CLIFF AND THE WHOLE LAWN MOWING SITUATION OF GRASS GROWTH.

IT'S, THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, ABOUT FEELING PART OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

MM-HMM.

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING LEFT OUT.

SO, UM, OKAY.

SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

AND, AND TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLD GOLF COURSE, CORRECT? THE OLD GOLF COURSE.

MORE, MORE CUTTING MORE THE GRASS SAID CERTAIN FEET.

WELL, WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A HOLISTIC UPDATE OF THE WHOLE PROCESS VERSUS WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

UM, YEAH.

AND WOULD I GUESS, DOES ANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES FALL ON, ON THE LANDOWNER? Y YES.

I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.

BUT, UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING BACK AND, AND DO A WORKSHOP ON IT.

UH, WE'LL EXPLAIN THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CODE.

UH, WE HAVE A CITY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS ATTENDED OR TO BE ATTENDED BY COUNCIL.

WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN DAVIS.

UH, NOTHING TONIGHT, SIR.

NOTHING TONIGHT.

UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND WITHIN THE, UH, YMCA TRUNK RETREAT, WHICH THEY ESTIMATED ALMOST 6,000 KIDS.

OH, WOW.

SO IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

UH, ATTENDED THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MEETING, ATTENDED THE RE MAX, UH, SKYLIGHT BALLOON FEST, ATTENDED THE DUNKING PUMPKIN AT THE YMCA AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

UH, THE, UH, MEET AND GREET, UH, THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE BOGEY BRUISE.

RIBBON CUTTING.

MAYOR, UH, THE CHURCH YOUNG LEADER SELECTION.

WE HAD A MEETING, FINISHED THAT ONE OFF RE MAX GUIDE LOT SKYLIGHT, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, PRESENTATION.

THE REOPENING OF THE UPS STORE, UH, ATTENDED THE BRACKEN BAT CAVE, A EVENT, THE LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE.

EVENT, UH, SERVED WITH THE

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LIONS.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY, UH, ENLIGHTENING.

UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP LUNCHEON AND A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE BOGIES AND BREWS.

UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

IT WAS GREAT TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, DUNKING FOR PUMPKINS AT THE Y WHO KNEW PUMPKINS FLOATED THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE.

EVENING AND BOGEY AND BRUISES RIBBON CUTTING.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

AND WELL, GOOD MORNING, .

I ATTENDED LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE.

ENDED THE CHAMBER SKYLIGHT EVENT.

ATTENDED THE YMCA DUNKING FROM PUMPKIN IN THE TRUNK AND TREAT THAT EVENING.

ALSO ATTENDING THE, UH, GRANT OPENING FOR THE A TI PHYSICAL THERAPY HERE IN SHIRTZ AND ALSO ATTENDED THE NEP LUNCHEON, UH, PLAN ON, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

AND THEN I PLANNED TO ATTEND THE, UH, TOWN HALL ON, SAT ON SATURDAY.